Coaching Tip

JANUARY 12, 2012

The higher you go up the corporate ladder, your technical skills become less important and your social skills become more important. Why is that? If your operational management was in a technical area, you now have the ability to delegate the data gathering and analyzing tasks to others while it is your responsibility to educate the leadership of the organization and industry why, what and how action must be taken based upon what the analysis reports.

Skills 169

Skills How To Audience Welch 169

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 9, 2012

The biggest reason that new hires fail is a lack of coachability. The 2012 hiring season is here and 46% of the people about to be hired will fail within the first 18 months on the job. And the real surprise? They're not going to fail for lack of skills; they will fail for lack of attitude. When new hires fail, 89% of the time it's because of attitude and only 11% of the time because of skill.

Emotional Intelligence 146

Emotional Intelligence Skills Execution Learning-by-Doing 146

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 7, 2012

By Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, published " Why Smart Executives Fail " 8 years ago. Habit # 1: They see themselves and their companies as dominating their environment. Habit #2: They identify so completely with the company that there is no clear boundary between their personal interests and their corporation's interests.

Execution 139

Execution Tips Environment Books 139