May 25, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“It’s easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that’s the hard part.” Casey Stengel One of the things we have done for the last 20 years is to identify potential future leaders for organizations using developmental assessment centers ((Nowack, K. (1997). Congruence Between Self and Other Ratings and Assessment Center Performance. Journal […]
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May 23, 2014 by Jim Warren
The McKinsey Quarterly found that its original “Why Leadership Development Programs Fail” publication had the highest readership of all in the 1st Quarter of 2014, and so re-published it a 2nd time. Prior to publication, their survey of about 500 CEO’s had found that 2 out of 3 rated Leadership Development as their top priority, […]
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May 23, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 Gen Y leadership, training experienced people, coaching, and succession planning. From Adam Kingl: Generation Y: loyalty and leadership “The more recent challenge is that the oldest of […]
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May 21, 2014 by Wally Bock
My young friend, Karl, is frustrated. He’s coming up on thirty. He’s been a manger for a few years and he’d like to climb the old corporate ladder, but there’s a problem. Those durned Baby Boomers just aren’t retiring and opening up possibilities. I thought about Karl when I read a fascinating article on the […]
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May 18, 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 we make a determination of that individual being either a “friend†or “foe†when we interact with others. This […]
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May 16, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 your people, when to hire an executive coach, great career development, and algorithms in hiring. From Dan McCarthy: 10 Really Lame Reasons for Not Developing Your […]
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May 14, 2014 by Wally Bock
The best leaders are humble. Jeanine Prime and Elizabeth Salib include this research finding in their HBR article, “The Best Leaders Are Humble Leaders.” “In a survey of more than 1500 workers from Australia, China, Germany, India, Mexico, and the U.S., we found that when employees observed altruistic or selfless behavior in their managers — […]
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May 9, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 what to do when training doesn’t work, leadership branding, promoting from within, and your HiPo program. From Charles Jennings: What Does the Training Department Do When Training […]
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May 7, 2014 by Wally Bock
Succession planning is difficult, especially if you’re following a great leader. The Businessweek story headlined: “Following a Legend Is Hard, Sir Alex Ferguson Edition” tells the tale of one example. “Alex Ferguson left his job as manager of Manchester United (MANU) on top. The club had just won the English Premier League for the 13th […]
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May 4, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky Research of my own and others suggest the positive emotions are associated with a wide range of outcomes including longevity, physical health and psychological well-being ((Giesser, B., Coleman, L., Fisher, S. Guttry,M., Herlihy, E., Nonoguchi, S., Nowack, D., Roberts, C, & Nowack, K. (2013). […]
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