April 19, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.” Thomas Szasz In previous blogs I’ve mused a bit about the relatively high base rate of leadership incompetence (estimated to be 50%) and the challenge of predicting future leadership behavior. Maybe praying for leaders can’t hurt–or can it? I’ve become a […]
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April 12, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Unknown Remember this old saying from childhood? No doubt someone was saying something to you that could have been emotionally hurtful. Well, it seems this old saying really doesn’t have any scientific merit at all. In fact, recent research suggests that indeed […]
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April 5, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” John Lennon Another edition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. “Most of the investment in organizational training and development is wasted because most of the knowledge and skills gained (well over 80% by some […]
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March 29, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” John Wooden  Coaching has been around as long as anyone can really remember. Executives have always had trusted advisors, mentors, Board Members and outside confidants to help them succeed. Mostly it has been informal but in […]
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March 22, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.” Ara Parasheghian I really wanted to believe that Santa Claus was real. I really wanted to believe the tooth fairy was the Federal Reserve. I really wanted to believe that leaders are made and not born. I […]
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March 15, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“The quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization.” Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers It’s not surprising that research suggests unequivocally that leadership has tremendous impact on talent engagement, retention and productivity ((Nowack, K. (2006). Emotional intelligence: Leaders Make a Difference. HR Trends, 17, 40-42)). Can […]
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March 8, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.”  Joyce Brothers I just read a research paper that suggested that marriage might not improve men’s health as once thought ((Liu, H. & Umberson, D. (2008). The Times They Are a Changing: Marital Status and Health Differentials from 1972 to 2003. Journal […]
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March 1, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” Jane Howard It seems intuitive that being around co-workers, friends and family members who are happy should “rub off” on us. We even call this “emotional contagion.” New research […]
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February 22, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“We change, whether we like it or not†Ralph Waldo Emerson I read an interesting article in Newsweek the other week on “When DNA is Not Destiny.” So, just how easy is it to change personality? Do zebras rally lose their stripes? Despite increasing evidence that most personality traits are highly genetically determined (current estimates suggest as […]
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February 15, 2009 by Ken Nowack
Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Of 3,000 hiring professionals and managers surveyed in 2008 by CareerBuilder.com, 49% said they had discovered a lie on a resume sent in for a job opening. In general, candidates exaggerated their past […]
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