December 14, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” Mark Twain After being laid off, employees were 35% less likely than before to become actively involved or participate in church, community groups, and charitable organizations. And, not many returned after they […]
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December 7, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness†Richard Carlson News alert (in case you might have not known already) — Work-related stress can be a direct cause of clinical depression and anxiety among employees. In our own personal stress and health assessment called StressScan we measure the hard driving, competitive […]
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November 30, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.†Karen Kaiser Clark Looking for an easy, simple, reliable, and valid way to measure whether a coaching, training or consulting intervention has impact? The “post-then-pre” method of self-report evaluation offers one solution for documenting behavior change. The data collection instruments are relatively easy to develop, use, and […]
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November 26, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Why Talent Is Overrated Competencies: self-development, talent management, performance management Who benefits: individuals with career aspirations, managers and supervisors of high potential employees, coaches Consultant Usage: career development, career coaching, executive coaching What’s it about? Two 22-year olds. Recent college grads. Hired by a large company along with a […]
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November 16, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.†Maya Angelou The leadership and talent management “facts” just keep coming. In fact (no pun intended), thanks to some readers, I now have even more to share with you!  1. Hay Group, a global management consulting firm in a recent study discovered […]
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November 12, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Managing personal, professional and organizational change Competencies: change management, self-development Who benefits: individuals, managers and leaders, organizational consultants Consultant Usage: coaching, training, intrapersonal reflection What’s it about? I am writing this posting from Mexico, beachside, and I am not as current with recent events as I might be stateside. […]
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October 26, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.†Albert Einstein It’s no secret that leaders have inflated views of their skills and competence–we’ve known this for a long time as it’s a consistent finding in all 360-degree feedback research ((Nowack, K. (1992). Self-assessment and rater-assessment as a dimension of management development. Human Resources […]
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October 12, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.â€Â                    George Carlin A recent 2008 survey from Blessing White (The State of Employee Engagement) asked 7,500 employees on four continents about how much they trust their managers and senior managers. The results suggested that […]
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October 8, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter (2007) Competencies: customer service, leadership, communication skills, empowering others, driving change, strategic planning Who benefits: employees, customers, organizations’ bottom-line Consultant Usage: multiple uses in training and consulting, executive coaching What’s it about? Any professional book with a quote from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie […]
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October 5, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.†Albert Einstein It’s no secret that leaders have inflated views of their skills and competence–we’ve known this for a long time as it’s a consistent finding in all 360-degree feedback research ((Nowack, K. (1992). Self-assessment and rater-assessment as a dimension of management development. Human Resources […]
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