2010 March
Learning at the Frank Sinatra School of Leadership
March 31, 2010 0 Comments
When a dog lies down on command—that’s training. When Fido places an online order for a doggy bed, then lies down—that’s development. Training is about learning to do things; development is about thinking things through and deciding to do things differently. Another way to put Read More
What Color is your Organization’s Culture?
March 30, 2010 0 Comments
Matching job candidates with the organization’s culture is important! Why? – A miss-match of organizational culture and employee values can result in high employee turnover, de-motivation, and poor productivity. Example—a job candidate who place a high value on getting results and is a solo player Read More
Have You Heard of These Groups?: TWITS, NETTELS AND THE DOWNAGERS
March 29, 2010 0 Comments
HR professionals should be on top of changing demographic and social trends. As new trends emerge new labels are given to demographic groups (remember the 1980s and 1990s when terms such as “YUPPIES” and “DINKIES” emerged?—for the record, YUPPIES translates into Young Urban Professionals and Read More
Career Transition Advice
March 26, 2010 0 Comments
We all experience career transitions. Early in our respective careers we transition into the workforce from school or university. We may then transition to a supervisory role, then a manager of other managers, and maybe even head of a function or business. Finally, there is Read More
Teaching Old Skiers New Tricks
March 24, 2010 0 Comments
We recently went on our final ski trip of the season to Maine and thought it would be a great idea to brush up on our skills by taking a couple of lessons. Our instructor turned out to be a twenty-something guy who talked a Read More
Are American Idol Contestants Role Models for Talent Management?
March 23, 2010 0 Comments
All you American Idol watchers know that we are down to the final few weeks of the show and the competition is getting hot. For those non Idol watchers, you would be amazed at how the contestants improve and mature in the last few weeks Read More
Change Management – Obama Style
March 22, 2010 0 Comments
In the end President Obama got what he wanted—significant change in health care legislation. What lessons can change managers in organizations learn from the year long battle between the Republicans and the Democrats over this issue? And what grade can we give the Obama administration Read More
Leadership Development and Assessing Risk Tolerance
March 17, 2010 0 Comments
Business leaders, like sports stars, deal with assessing risk all the time. In business it may be about assessing the risk of investments in new products while in sports it may be about playing the game for safety or going for broke. According to new Read More
