“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.”Â
Steven Wright
Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think?
1. People lie more often when sending text messages than in any other forms of communication, according to a new research. The study compared the level of deceit 170 students used in a variety of media, from text messages to face-to-face interactions.
2. 86% of engaged employees say they very often feel happy at work, as compared to 11% of the disengaged. The survey found that 45% of the engaged say they get a great deal of their life happiness from work, compared to 8% of the disengaged.
3. One-third of all US adults experiencing weekly difficulties with nighttime sleep and an estimated 50-70 million people complain of nighttime sleep loss associated with daytime impairment. Insomnia was significantly associated with lost work performance due to presenteeism but not absenteeism with an annualized individual-level association of insomnia with presenteeism equivalent to 11.3 days of lost work performance. The individual level human capital value of this net estimate was $2,280.
4. Leaders with inflated egos still appear to do more harm than good. In a recent study, a leader’s narcissism actually inhibits information exchange between group members and thereby negatively affects group.
5. Research by TNS Employee Insights data from 120 countries and over two million employees found that only six percent of employees reported that his or her supervisor cares about them as an individual. Two percent in high performing companies also said that their supervisor effectively coaches and guides their work; and another two percent contend that the supervisor inspires colleagues in their work group
6. Talent do not leave the stress of incivility at work but instead bring it home to the family domain where it influences relationships with and outcomes of their partners.
7. According to a recent study by Catalyst, women held only 16.1% of board seats in 2011 (women of color only 3%). Women held 14.1% of executive officer positions last year, and 7.5% of executive officer top-earner positions.
8. Baby on board–According to research by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, those who manage their workload from home find it difficult to switch off their family life in the background.
9. The latest Stress in America report from the American Psychological Association suggests men are more likely than women to report that their own stress has slight or no impact on their physical (36% vs. 26%) or mental health (40% vs. 32%).
10. Burning the midnight oil with at work? A study by Mika Kiivimaki and colleagues at University College London suggests that people who put in 11 hours or more of work on a daily basis may increase their risk for coronary heart disease by 1.67 percent.
11. Research from the University of Nebraska on over 900 officers at the U.S. military Academy at West Point suggest that “Dark Side” personality traits like narcissism may be actually adaptive–up to a point (see #4 above for an example of some of the limitations).
12. In a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management, over one-half (51%) of organizations reported that there had been incidents of bullying in their workplace. The three most common outcomes of bullying incidents that organizations reported were decreased morale (68%), increased stress and/or depression levels (48%) and decreased trust among co-workers (45%).
Back to research some new talent development facts….Be well….
Ken Nowack
Kenneth Nowack, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist (PSY13758) and President & Chief Research Officer/Co-Founder of Envisia Learning, is a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. Ken also serves as the Associate Editor of Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research. His recent book Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It is available for free for a limited time by signing up for free blog updates (Learn more at our website)
Lots to think about here Ken. Thx.