How can you get the best from deep, quiet team members during meetings? A look at practices used in some organizations points to an answer.
via Introverts, Extroverts, and the Complexities of Team Dynamics – HBR.
Archive for Talent Management – Page 3
I frequently work with leaders to help them learn to apply some of the skills of coaching to their work in developing members of their staff.
When people have experienced how powerful coaching can be, they are usually eager to use some of this with others who work for and with them. Here’s a good (short) article about maximizing these efforts with effective follow-up:
Have you tried these techniques? If so, please share your experience.
Your Coaching Is Only as Good as Your Follow-Up Skills – HBR.
This thought provoking article just came up on the Harvard Business Review blog. I find it to be consistent with my recent observations?
What Executives Value in Their CEOs – HBR.
What do you think?
If you are a CEO, or, an aspiring CEO, how would you measure up?
The challenges are well known: women in business continue to face a formidable gender gap for senior-leadership positions.
Moreover, there are fewer and fewer women at each step along the path to the C-suite, although they represent a majority of entry-level employees at Fortune 500 companies and outnumber men in college-graduation….
via Fostering women leaders: A fitness test for your top team | McKinsey & Company.
When people tell me that they’ve been looking for a new job for many months, but have gotten nowhere, I explore with them what exactly they have been doing.
Often, what it turns out that their job hunt has consisted mainly of scrolling through job postings online,(usually around 10 or 11 o’clock at night),and every now and then clicking “submit.” When I tell them that this is usually the least effective way to find a job, especially, the ideal job for them, they are often surprised.
This cool info-graphic illustrates a major reason why:
How Can I Make Sure My Resume Gets Past Resume Robots and into a Human's Hand?.
What do our bodies and , in particular, our hands show us about our information processing?
The body knows more than we know……
A fascinating article about some really interesting research!
I’d love to learn more. How about you?
Where is your focus?
Are you focusing your time, thoughts and energy in the right areas? In the right proportions?
This article addresses this so effectively, it could be a “must read” every morning for those of us who are striving for excellence. What are your thoughts?
Time, Energy and People – Your Three Biggest Assets | Finance Lights.
Great article on leadership. What a role model! Read it and learn. 🙂
I happen to know from my inside view, there really is a new G.M.
Have you noticed that those who most could use some help with their emotional intelligence are often the least likely to know it?
Here is a wonderful article on the subject that could help you or someone else shed some light on this. (Remember, unlike IQ, which is largely fixed, EI is something that can be learned and improved, often with the help of good tools and an excellent coach.)
Most people have a hard time responding effectively to negative feedback.
Here’s a good article from Fortune Magazine that may help you to think about it,
and subsequently, respond to it in a different way:
