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Lead Like a Mom

Next Level Blog

Posted by Scott Eblin on October 29, 2010 in Leadership , The Next Level | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Lead Like a Mom : Comments Scott, I couldn’t agree more. Posted by: David D | October 29, 2010 at 04:22 PM Great advice. What do you think?

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Video Book Club: One Page Talent Management

Next Level Blog

In this week’s book club video, I share three simple (and whack up the side of the head obvious) design principles that Marc and Miriam apply to designing talent management initiatives such as performance reviews, 360 degree feedback and succession planning. It’s a great book for anyone charged with developing talent.

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Vision: A Story and a Fortune Cookie

Building Personal Strength

I first learned about 360-degree feedback in 1987. It was a new technology at the time, used primarily to give bosses what was called "upward" feedback about their leadership and management. Copyright 2010. Dream by day, and see things unknown to people who dream only at night. More Fortune Cookies. Coates, Ph.D.,

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Open-mindedness - Let the New Knowledge In

Building Personal Strength

Twenty years ago, 360-degree feedback surveys - which make it easy for you to get feedback from the people who work around you - were different than they are today. They were called instruments because the early 360-degree feedback tools were modeled after psychological tests. Copyright 2010.

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The Discipline of Listening

Harvard Business Review

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. He wasn't alone in that regard.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. Did you struggle to regain your post-recession footing?

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Several respondents advocated a “strong and diverse network” and openness to 360-degree feedback—that is, not just feedback from supervisors. We talked to the 32 consultants in 2010, but the findings are consistent with everything we hear today. It’s really a question of career survival. About the Research.