February 2, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: “Can I help, sir?” “No thanks,” says the blind bloke. “Just looking.” Tommy Cooper As a long-time puppy raiser with a great organization called Guide Dogs […]
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January 27, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d druther not.” Mark Twain How Healthy Are Employees? I recently did an analysis of a random sample of over 1,000 working professionals in diverse industries who have used our personal stress and […]
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January 20, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.”  Mitch Hedberg Research from Susan Fiske and colleagues (2007) from Princeton University suggest that within 1/5th of a second when we interact with others we make a determination of that individual being either a “friend†or “foe.†[…]
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January 19, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln Talent today are stressed, highly disengaged, ready to leave organizations when the economy improves and doing less work with more resources. A study by Accenture revealed that work-life balance — ahead of money, recognition and autonomy — is the key determiner for more than half of […]
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January 13, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.†Rodney Dangerfield Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental […]
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January 12, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” 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. Research on interviews with 151,284 U.S. employees using the Gallup Employee Engagement Index suggests that only  about 30% of talent […]
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January 5, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“Do or do not… there is no try.†Yoda Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year? If you are like most people you did–and probably will relapse back to your old habits within 90 days. Old habits are indeed very tough to break and relapse seems greatest when we are under stress. Starting […]
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January 3, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Announcing our 2nd edition release of our book “Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It” was written to help coaches initiate and sustain successful behavior change in the clients they work with (available in both hardback and Kindle Version). Authors Sandra Mashihi, Ph.D. […]
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December 1, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” 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. Research on sleep suggests 9% of American workers have fallen asleep at inappropriate times like meetings. 40.6 million American workers […]
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November 24, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Gratitude is fertilizer for well-being.†Kenneth Nowack If you want to change the world, have a lasting impact on your community, create a meaningful and psychological healthy workplace, develop a safe community, loving family or meaningful partnership–it all starts with you. Several recent research studies have focused on the power of gratitude as a necessary […]
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