14 December 2008
Cuttings 77
16/12/08 14:05
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In this end of year edition, I have found some interesting stuff from BlessingWhite on coaching, HBS on question dodging and lots of quotes and thought provokers - including a very insightful comment on the current economic crisis by Thomas Jefferson!! I share their insights with you to foster further discussion.
The Coaching Conundrum research by BlessingWhite shows that the rhetoric is not matched by practice. Despite high levels of support for coaching achieving bottom line results, managers still do not spend enough time doing coaching, and see it as an additional activity to their 'real' job. Harvard Business school have been studying question dodging by politicians and others, and find that we often prefer style to substance: we prefer a fluent question dodger than a hesitant answerer.
In the Snippets collection this time Thomas Jefferson has something to say about banks! along with Barak Obama's leadership style and lots of other thought provokers to keep you going over the festive season
Have fun, have a great winter break - and please feel free to share...
Geof
In this end of year edition, I have found some interesting stuff from BlessingWhite on coaching, HBS on question dodging and lots of quotes and thought provokers - including a very insightful comment on the current economic crisis by Thomas Jefferson!! I share their insights with you to foster further discussion.
The Coaching Conundrum research by BlessingWhite shows that the rhetoric is not matched by practice. Despite high levels of support for coaching achieving bottom line results, managers still do not spend enough time doing coaching, and see it as an additional activity to their 'real' job. Harvard Business school have been studying question dodging by politicians and others, and find that we often prefer style to substance: we prefer a fluent question dodger than a hesitant answerer.
In the Snippets collection this time Thomas Jefferson has something to say about banks! along with Barak Obama's leadership style and lots of other thought provokers to keep you going over the festive season
Have fun, have a great winter break - and please feel free to share...
Geof