February 16, 2015 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. (2009). Leveraging Multirater Feedback to Facilitate Successful Behavioral Change. Consulting […]
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February 13, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Enzo, our new guide dog puppy from Guide Dogs of America is finally getting outside to get acquainted with the sights and sounds of traffic, buses, other people and dogs. […]
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February 13, 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 defining and identifying high potentials, succession planning in family firms, and top trends in […]
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February 11, 2015 by Wally Bock
In their paper, “Learning Agility: A Construct Whose Time has Come,” Kenneth P. De Meuse, Guangrong Dai, and George S. Hallenbeck, of Korn Ferry summarize their case this way. “The willingness and capability to learn from experience and subsequently to apply that learning to perform successfully under new or first-time conditions becomes one of the […]
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February 9, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.†Franklin B. Jones I think we need to do a “360” on 360 feedback ((Nowack, K. (2007). Why 360 Feedback Doesn’t Work. Talent Management, 4 (8), p 12)). How would you like to be diagnosed with a new […]
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February 6, 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 developing leaders in context, leadership development outside the box, fixing the top workforce development […]
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February 4, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development is about more than the C-Suite Once upon a time it may have made good sense to think about leadership development for a select few and succession planning for the top few levels of the organization. Those times are gone. Today’s high velocity knowledge economy puts a premium on leadership at all levels. […]
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February 2, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. .†Franklin P. Jones Cigarettes in the United States all come with health warning labels on boxes—perhaps vendors should do the same in marketing and selling multi-rater assessments that are so commonly used by coaches, consultants and organizational […]
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February 1, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“If you are not happy here and now you never will be.†Taisen Deshimaru Are There Different Ways to Be Happy? “Happiness” really is a messy concept. In fact, not only do psychologist define and measure aspects of well-being differently, there is some new evidence that having the right kind of happiness might actually be […]
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January 30, 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 why personal, instructor-led training will never completely go away, when high IQ is a […]
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