Posts From: Tim Sosbe

You’ve all heard about – perhaps even talked about – the issue of women’s roles in the leadership ranks and business. The conversation continues, though it’s happily evolved from the 1970s Equal Rights Amendment days (as if there could even be a debate about that) to Hillary Clinton’s famous 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling. You’ve come a long way baby … even though that silly cigarette ad slogan is about as politically incorrect as smoking is these days.

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OK when’s the last time you came to work planning to be unprofessional? Maybe spoiling for a fight with a co-worker? Armed with sarcastic statements to hurl at customers? Water balloons with the CEO’s name on them?

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I’ve been fortunate enough to share some valuable information with you in these blog pages, but I’m really excited to share this: I come bearing gifts, in other words. Specifically, the gift of education.

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This week, we lost a friend. By now you’ve no doubt heard that training and business guru Stephen R. Covey passed away on Monday at age 79. Needless to say, our hearts go out to his family, his friends, his colleagues and his clients.

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How often in your organization do you meet a co-worker who isn’t there? I don’t mean physically absent for some malady real or imagined, I’m talking about the there-in-spirit person who comes to work but never really shows up.

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In case you haven’t realized it – and of course you have – we’re in a period of upheaval in the business world. The ugly economic realities of today mean many things are changing, not the least of which is personnel. According to Liberum Research, CEO changes in January 2012 were up by 191% over the previous year, with overall C-level turnover increased by 107%.

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OK, hang on tight, because I’m crawling way out on a limb here: I think mobile phones are here to stay. And I don’t think mobile learning is going anywhere soon either.

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Surely you remember your college days: The networking (parties), building relationships (parties), informal learning (reading at parties) and continuous development (parties). It’s a good time, an important time in the development of adults … it’s what Stephen King called “the massive last gasp of childhood.”

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Ethics, of course, is a major concern in business, at all levels of the organization. If you don’t believe me, just ask Scott Thompson, who’s now out as CEO of Yahoo! after the world found out his computer science degree was no more real than unicorns and leprechauns.

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There’s a lot about training that can be debated, even elements as fundamental as how, when, where and why training should be delivered. In fact, there are few things that can be seen as universally accepted about training.

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