March 13, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Why join the Navy if you can be a pirate?” Steve Jobs For over 40 years, one robust theory of career choice has been based on the idea that choice of vocation is really an expression of personality (Holland, 1973). A person can be described as having interests associated with each of six personlity types […]
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February 20, 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. The 2010 SHRM Employee Job Satisfaction Survey revealed that job satisfaction among older employees remained about the […]
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February 13, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.†Herman Hesse  A few weeks ago we attended the graduation of our Guide Dog puppy Ajax–now almost two years old. We had not seen him for about 4 months after turning him back in to the Guide Dogs of […]
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February 11, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends. JEFF BEZOS Humor Break: […]
January 30, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.” Yogi Berra Current EI Issues and Controversies Anyone confused about what emotional intelligence really is, how to define it and how to measure it? You should be. No doubt this list is incomplete but here are a few issues that have […]
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January 23, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. Lewis Carroll, 1865 An article of mine in Talent Management Magazine describes […]
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December 12, 2010 by Ken Nowack
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.†Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Rocco is now about 10 weeks old and we knew sooner than later he would wander into our bedroom closet and find the mirror on the wall. Every one of our 4 guide dogs have reacted the same […]
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November 28, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus” Mark Twain We welcome Rocco, our new Guide Dog puppy my wife and I are raising to hopefully help someone who is sight impaired. Rocco is an 8-week old beautiful yellow lab owned by Guide Dogs of America and we are beginning a new […]
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November 21, 2010 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. Sirota Survey Intelligence compared engagement levels in talent from diverse organizations (no mention was made of […]
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October 3, 2010 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 study by Hay group investigated the most admired companies (fortune.com/mostadmired) and found that they […]
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