April has come around again and my challenge to read 50 books a year cycles again. In 2008 I read 51 books but in 2009 only managed a considerable, but smaller 25. What will my 2010 list show?
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Michael Carter and I were chatting this morning about conversations in the workplace and we came around to the topic of performance review as a series of conversations. This is how I prefer to conduct performance reviews. For managers and supervisors Pre-interview questionnaires? Bin them. Competency models? Bin them too. Forms to fill out during [...]
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The meaning we bring to our words in a conversation is important. Each of us has grown up learning what words mean so well that we often fail to recognise others may be using the same words but with different meanings. The result? Confusion and often a lack of respect. To illustrate, let’s imaging two sergeant’s of [...]
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All My Twitter Tips – Holy Kaw! (pronounced “Holy Cow!”) is a useful list of introductory topics to Twitter.
Becoming aware of your enemies of learning can quickly open up new possibilities for understanding and development. Jen Drechsler has created a list of things to listen for when attending focus groups. Are you saying the same things, or similar? As you read each of them note the external focus. Most suggest it’s the fault [...]
The 4-step process of learning from an After Action Review can be undertaken in all areas of life, as this example shows. What was supposed to happen? As the water was poured from the fish tank over the net, our pet Siamese fighting fish called Domenic was supposed to ‘flow’ into the net. What actually [...]
