From the IMPACT Blog
February 06, 2010
Beware the Second Wave
This week I spoke with four people who have lost faith in their organizations. All four are successful. All four have very valuable and difficult to replace skill sets and business contacts. All four are feeling disaffected and not supported. All four are in different organizations.
These four people weathered the recession quite successfully. They came out of the other side of that recession tunnel, looked around and were disappointed. People they cared about had left their organization. There are new leaders and they don’t like them all. There is a new strategy and they are not at all sure it is right.
These four people may be part of the second wave. The first wave of change happened last year as most organizations restructured in response to the recession. For most organizations these changes resulted in planned terminations.
The second wave is when you lose your best people. They stuck it out and they are not sure they like what they see. Beware.
Interesting New Reads
February 05, 2010
Are Your Words Holding You Back?
When we talk, many of us don’t “emphasize our best, confident self.” From MNS Lifestyle
February 05, 2010
Help Competent People Grow Through Questions
“Seven questions to get you started as a “coaching” leader…” From All Things Workplace
January 26, 2010
New Research on Great Leaders
It has just been published and it is a worthwhile read for anyone who has to lead an organization or a large group. From the Perry Work Report: Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto.
Report, Exceeding Expectation: the principles of outstanding leadership, January 2010 (98 pages, PDF)
January 24, 2010
Why Coaching Fails
Marshall Goldsmith talks about how ‘effective’ goal-setting can help coaching clients find more value in coaching.
http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/cim/articles_display.php?aid=117
January 24, 2010
Team Building Without Time Wasting
Yet another great resource from Marshall Goldsmith: http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/docs/articles/Team-Building.doc
January 20, 2010
Reducing Female Employee Flight Risk
Contrary to what you’d expect, the primary way to keep good women is not to provide flex work but to help them get promoted.
From Harvard Business Review: http://bit.ly/5hobDD
January 07, 2010
Pursuing Motherhood and Medals
Our very own Claire Carver-Dias (and Canadian Olympian) writes about the growing number of women who are engaged in high-performance sport after they have become mothers.
From the Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching: http://www.coach.ca/WOMEN/e/journal/january2010/index.htm
January 05, 2010
2009 Miller Heiman Sales Best Practices Study
Toward the end of 2009, Miller Heiman released their annual sales study. The study which is a result of a survey of sales executives and professionals, looks at what distiguishes World-Class Sales Organizations from the rest of the pack.
http://www.millerheiman.com/research_center/sales_best_practices_study/index.html
