July 10, 2011 by Ken Nowack
 “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.†Oscar Wilde Did anybody read the U.S. Labor Department’s jobs report this week which showed the U.S. economy created only 18,000 jobs last month and unemployment is still about 9 percent? This statistic is more important than most economists (and stock traders) […]
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June 26, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Albert Einstein To all of our nieces and nephews who recently graduated and to all of our friends…. You are What You Believe Denise and Ken Nowack Believe that most “breaks†and “luck†in life happen at the intersection between preparation and opportunity… Believe in the […]
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June 19, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.†Yogi Berra My 85/10/5 Rule of Coaching Most of my executive coaching engagements have been largely unsuccessful in terms of positive “outcomes.â€Â My coaching track record is easy to measure and I refer to it as the “85/10/5†rule. It is important […]
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June 12, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you’re on the job.” Slappy White The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests reports unemployment currently around 10 percent. According to a survey by Mental Health America, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Depression is Real Coalition, workers in the […]
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May 29, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Nearly 80% of people believe they are among the top 50% most emotionally intelligent people” Brackett, Rivers, Shiffman, Lerner & Salovey, 2006 Better/Worse than Average Effects Ask anyone how good they are on something (anything).Our own 360-degree feedback research suggest you might find that generally people elevate what they think about themselves relative to others […]
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May 8, 2011 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. A recent survey by Global One found that 89% of 1,043 Americans say that work/life balance […]
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April 10, 2011 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Research from George Washington University suggests that the annual cost of being obese is $4,879.00 for […]
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April 7, 2011 by Yosh Beier
As recently reported by the New York Times, Google unleashed its analytical power in-house as a part of Google’s management effectiveness project. Putting its data mining experts to work, Google dug through thousands of performance reviews and other forms of data evaluating managers’ effectiveness in its “quest to build a better bossâ€. (NY Times, Mar-12-2011) […]
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April 3, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.†John Bryant Sometimes we take our ability to truly be “in the moment” for granted and spend more time living in the past which is gone and worrying about the future which hasn’t come yet. A few weeks ago […]
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March 27, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous — everyone hasn’t met me yet.† Rodney Dangerfield    Being a leader can be a lonely place. The higher you go in an organization the least likely you are to have colleagues and reports provide you with honest and candid […]
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