August 30, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.†Lee Iacocca Many of you know that my wife and I raise guide dog puppies for the blind through a great organization called Guide Dogs of America. Our latest puppy is named Enzo and he is about a year old now. […]
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August 28, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about how CEOs can create great leaders, holding on to your rising stars, and leadership […]
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August 26, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development resources then and now In “Leadership Development: Creating a Scalable Solution,” Michael Ownbey, an online learning consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies, sums up the way things have changed. “In the past, companies would train only a small number of people so they could justify the travel, time, and resource costs. But now, […]
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August 23, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Each week when we attend our guide dog puppy training with Indy it’s pretty easy to pick out the “winners” from the “losers” (OK, we have been wrong many times before). The “winners” seem […]
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August 21, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about turning managers into coaches, leadership development in multinationals, who to promote to management, and […]
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August 19, 2015 by Wally Bock
For years I thought that the term “coach,” originated in sports. Nope. When I did a little research, I discovered that “coach” originally meant the four-wheeled kind, like a stagecoach. That meaning goes all the way back to the Sixteenth Century. The next specialized meaning comes from Oxford University in the 1830s. Then it was […]
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August 16, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.†Peter Drucker If you are a regular reader of this blog you know that my wife and I raise guide dog puppies for the blind. Our latest one is a beautiful lab named Enzo.  It’s particularly fun to […]
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August 14, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about mentorship, high potential leadership development, creating a pipeline of global leaders and the importance […]
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August 12, 2015 by Wally Bock
Back in my corporate period I never heard or used the word “mentor.” Those of us who were “fast trackers,” the term of the day for what we now call “high potentials,” were told to hope for a “rabbi.” A rabbi was a lot like a mentor. He (they were all he’s) was in senior […]
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August 9, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“To lead the people, walk behind them.” Lao Tzu Talent today are stressed, highly disengaged, ready to leave organizations when the economy improves and doing less work with more resources A recent national study by Dale Carnegie Training placed the number of “fully engaged†employees at 29%, and “disengaged†employees at 26%. This suggests that […]
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