October 24, 11:39 am
For those who’ve been wondering, “Where’s Dan?” — I’ve been happily typing away on another project.
A few weeks back I signed a book deal with Career Press to pen a book entitled “Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance.”
This is exciting for me, because after coaching and training […]
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September 26, 2:39 pm
The idea that “positive thinking” can affect our lives for the better has been gaining momentum over the past 80 years, and even more so with the recent release of “The Secret,” a book by Rhonda Byrne. Does the concept work? I dare say it does—within reason.
Despite the nay-sayers, facts are facts: Magnetic Resonance Imaging […]
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June 30, 1:53 pm
by Dan Bobinski
Just my humble opinion here - a statistical sample of one. But I’d like to think that coaching and training in management and leadership development for 20 years gives me a platform with a at least a modicum of experience to talk about.
At issue? I just rec’d my weekly ASTD Buzz, and one […]
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April 30, 2:02 pm
Long-time readers of my column and blog know that I am a fervent advocate of what I’ve called Strategic Alignment — aligning an organization’s entire operation with the leadership’s vision, mission, goals, and values. From the big picture point of view, this involves vice presidents (or department heads or key managers, depending on the size […]
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April 16, 3:23 pm
Ever notice how many time management systems are out there? The Franklin Planner co-mingled w/ Stephen Covey’s organization and became the Franklin-Covey Planner, what many consider to the be “the standard” in time management systems.
Another system is David Allen’s Getting Things Done. And Anthony Robbins has his Rapid Planning Method. You also have Julie Morgenstern’s […]
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April 8, 6:04 am
It’s been out for a few years now, but the book I wrote with Dr. Dennis R. Rader, Living Toad Free, is still getting reviews. And I’m glad to report that the reviews continue to be positive.
Granted, the person who recently gave the book a positive review is a colleague who runs the Treasure Valley Consultant’s […]
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April 4, 9:44 am
Is it better to hire an absolute genius who knows exactly how to fix your problem – but flakes out and shows up only half the time …. Or to hire someone reliable who only understands your problem 75%?
I’ve hired a few consultants over the years, and frankly, I’m not sure which group I like […]
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