I am back from holidays (short ones...) and resume blogging. Today, I start with a review on what other bloggers have posted today (or recently).
Steve Roesler (All Things Workplace) thinks about a mid-term career change. Besides, he introduces quite an interesting version of what I used to call Bandura's Learning Curve, and what he calls Ladder of Learning Mastery. I like his version much better than the one I used. Thanks, Steve (will use it from now on in seminars with attribution).
Shawn from Anecdote reports about a book called "Hard Facts: Dangerous Half-thruths & Total Nonsense" by Bob Sutton, and he quotes the author on three times when data and analysis wont help.
1. When you don’t know what to count
2. When you can count it, but it doesn’t stick
3. When What You Can Count Doesn’t Count
Ann Michael in Manage to Change whines about an empty mind (a feeling that I can fully appreciate) but last week she had a great post about Tony Clark's Hierarchy of the Successfully Self-Employed consisting of Freelancer, Contractor, Expert, Guru (where am I on this ladder?).
Joe Raasch in The Happy Burro writes that leadership is a choice and not a position, quoting Warren Bennis:
How leaders should spend their time: 70% listening, 20% asking good questions, 10% summarizing and reflecting. (notice, no time for talking!).
Steve Pashley continuously reports about Change in the National Health Service of the UK. Last week, he blogged about how to spot and grow future leaders, including a list of a list of eleven criteria, e.g.
They consistently deliver ambitious results. They continuously demonstrate personal growth, adaptability, and learning better and faster than their peers . They seize the opportunity for challenging, bigger assignments, thereby expanding capability and capacity and improving judgment. They have the ability to think through the business and take leaps of imagination to grow the business. ...
Anna Farmery in the Engaging Brand Blog provides tips how to deal with information overload in a organization, which are:
D = Distill the core of the message. A = Ask which areas could be moved to a wiki T = Trim your own e-mails A = Arrange regular sessions to discuss issues, communications, objectives....
Maria Gajewski (Never the Same River Twice) summarizes her intersting analysis of three sliders in change processes, which are Change vs. Accept It As It Is; Rapid vs. Gradual Change; and Creative Destruction vs. Creative Recombination, and puts them into practice.
Paul Williams in Think for a Change talks about the four essential beliefs for innovation: Courage, Perseverance, Trust & Faith.
Finally, Luc Gallopin in his Thoughts on Organizational Change explains an alternative approach for consultants who face resistance in change projects, and presents a funny photo of two typical consultants talking about the people they have to work with (and who do not follow the advice of the consultant).