February 22, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“It’s easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that’s the hard part. “ Casey Stengel One of the things our company has done for the last 20 years is to identify potential leaders using developmental assessment centers ((Nowack, K. (1997). Congruence Between Self and Other Ratings and Assessment Center Performance. Journal of Social Behavior […]
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February 18, 2015 by Ken Nowack
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: Asks clients to list 10 things they would find stimulating, exciting, challenging, and fulfilling. […]
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February 16, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“The real secret of magic lies in the performance.” David Copperfield Multi-rater or 360-degree feedback, was used by approximately 90% of Fortune 500 companies last year. Under ideal circumstances, 360-degree feedback should be used as an assessment for professional development, rather than, evaluation ((Nowack, K. (2009). Leveraging Multirater Feedback to Facilitate Successful Behavioral Change. Consulting […]
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February 15, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“You can observe a lot by watching.” Yogi Berra What factors are most important to an individual’s career success and how do they contribute to it? A fairly recent study tried to answer this question in an unusual way — by analyzing the speeches of baseball stars when they are inducted into the National Baseball […]
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February 13, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Enzo, our new guide dog puppy from Guide Dogs of America is finally getting outside to get acquainted with the sights and sounds of traffic, buses, other people and dogs. […]
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February 11, 2015 by Ken Nowack
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: To help clients identify insight or learning contributed by mentors. How to Administer and […]
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February 9, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.†Franklin B. Jones I think we need to do a “360” on 360 feedback ((Nowack, K. (2007). Why 360 Feedback Doesn’t Work. Talent Management, 4 (8), p 12)). How would you like to be diagnosed with a new […]
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February 8, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.” Satchel Paige Our own research suggests that 40% to 60% of all employees express a moderately high level of stress on the job. Our work and non-work lives are very permeable with most of us taking work stress home and home stress to our job […]
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February 4, 2015 by Ken Nowack
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: Pinpoint implications for work and life balance and development based on career stage. How […]
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February 2, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. .†Franklin P. Jones Cigarettes in the United States all come with health warning labels on boxes—perhaps vendors should do the same in marketing and selling multi-rater assessments that are so commonly used by coaches, consultants and organizational […]
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