February 21, 2014 by Jim Warren
The McKinsey Quarterly recently published an insightful analysis on “Why Leadership-Development Programs Fail.” The authors cite four major problem areas and organize their comments around them: 1) Overlooking context; 2)  Decoupling reflection from real work; 3) Underestimating mind-sets; and 4) Failing to measure results. I basically agree with the problems they identify, and my response […]
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February 17, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” Jerome K. Jerome Only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work, according to Gallup’s 142-country study on the State of the Global Workplace. Most employees (63%) reported being “not engaged” (i.e., lacking in job satisfaction, organizational commitment and advocacy […]
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February 16, 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. In a recent online survey by Silkroad, 78% HR professionals revealed their engagement practices. The majority (54%) don’t offer a […]
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February 15, 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. According to the CIPD/Halogen Software Employee Outlook survey, 33% of employees in the public sector stated they believed their company’s […]
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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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