Over the last 3 months I’ve been working with around 15 teams on answering the question “Where are we at?” These sessions have been an eye-opener for me in terms of how to identify and address team priorities and issues. Here’s some of what I’ve learned through the process:

Cookie cutter agendas are nowhere near as [...]

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The new look web site is up and running – in fact – you are looking at it!
The blog has moved to the front page, so you can always check in on what hot topics are getting attention at any particular time. I also tried to make it shorter and snappier – there’s a lot [...]

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Today’s paper had an article on the continuing evolution of the human race. It seems we continue to change and adapt to our surroundings. Some notable examples are:

the emergence of lactose tolerance in cattle-herding people of northern Europe
resistance to various diseases, and
changes to our metabolism based largely on dietary changes (all that sugar and [...]

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EQ that is…
Just a quick update on new statistics from my friends at TalentSmart, who do great things with EQ assessment and research.
There are 4 Emotional intelligence skill sets:

Self Awareness
Self Management
Social Awareness and
Relationship Management

A worldwide study of 500,000 people did reveal significant differences between the sexes:
It turns out that men and women have equal abilities [...]

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Whe I read the results of this study, I had to share them quickly with you all.
Chandler and McLeod and the Australian Human Resources Institute surveyed 2186 job candidates and 436 HR professionals and found:
“a deap seated cynicism about the Employer of Choice label that companies attach to themselves”.
The study’s main findings have to [...]

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