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 18, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Glenn M. Parker Competency: team building, meeting management Who benefits: anyone involved in teams or meetings (I think this is just about everyone) Consultant Usage: practical material for use in consulting What’s it about? Doris Kearns Goodwin’s  Team of Rivals (previously reviewed on this site) is all the rage these […]
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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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February 8, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it..” Oscar Wilde I bet you can’t stop reading the rest of this Blog as it contains a hint about becoming more effective at resisting temptation. Still reading? THE MARSHMELLOW TEST We know a lot about delayed gratification from the classic “marshmellow” […]
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February 6, 2009 by David Jamieson
 Working in human systems is full of landmines and individual triggers. It makes serving in any professional helping role much more than just mastering the technical aspects of “help”. For many years some groups (OD consultants, coaches, therapists and others) have worked with, and tried to include in their development, the concept of “use […]
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February 4, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: A Trio of Booklets from CCL Competency: coaching Who benefits: managers Consultant Usage: professional coaches What’s it about? I once took a course in fiction writing. The one lasting piece of advice I took from the instructor/writer was that when writing you don’t have to see the destination, you […]
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February 1, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.” Robert Cormier A new study by Dr. Jean Decety, a professor in psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago and colleagues at the University of Chicago has found that the brain scans of young, aggressive bullies suggest […]
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January 28, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything Competency: self-development Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage:one-on-one coaching, teambuilding What’s it about? This morning I gave a woman an envelope with a lot of cash in it. I asked her to distribute the money over the next 8 months […]
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January 24, 2009 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. (2010). Leveraging Multirater Feedback to Facilitate Successful Behavioral Change. Consulting Psychology […]
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January 21, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: What Can Coaches Do for You? Competency: coaching Who benefits: professional coaches Consultant Usage: new research about your profession What’s it about? Today’s post is shorter than usual because I just came across the article and I want to get it to you before it disappears into the archives. […]
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