January 4, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William A. Ward A recent study suggests that there is a statistically significant link between CEO family deaths and the companies’ profitability over a decade ((Bennedsen, M., Perez-Ganzalez, F. & Wolfsenzon, D. (2007) Do CEO’s Matter?)). These researcher identified […]
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December 17, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Get Rid of the Performance Review! Competencies: performance management, performance appraisal Who benefits: managers/supervisors, employees, organization Consultant Usage: organizational development and human resource development What’s it about? One of my least favorite authors has written a short article about one of my least favorite topics. Oddly, the results are […]
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December 7, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness†Richard Carlson News alert (in case you might have not known already) — Work-related stress can be a direct cause of clinical depression and anxiety among employees. In our own personal stress and health assessment called StressScan we measure the hard driving, competitive […]
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November 16, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.†Maya Angelou The leadership and talent management “facts” just keep coming. In fact (no pun intended), thanks to some readers, I now have even more to share with you!  1. Hay Group, a global management consulting firm in a recent study discovered […]
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November 12, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Managing personal, professional and organizational change Competencies: change management, self-development Who benefits: individuals, managers and leaders, organizational consultants Consultant Usage: coaching, training, intrapersonal reflection What’s it about? I am writing this posting from Mexico, beachside, and I am not as current with recent events as I might be stateside. […]
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November 9, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.” W.C. Fields Not succeeding at some things in life is one or our great “stretch lessons” for all of us. If you are a leader you can expect to fail a lot. It has been estimated that 50% just flat out don’t succeed in […]
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November 5, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Psychometrics in Coaching Competency: coaching Who benefits: professional coaches and organizational consultants Consultant Usage: various assessment tools for coaching What’s it about? A psychologist tells his patient “I have completed my diagnosis and have determined that you are a psychoceramic.†“What in the world is a pyschoceramic†asks the […]
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October 12, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.â€Â                    George Carlin A recent 2008 survey from Blessing White (The State of Employee Engagement) asked 7,500 employees on four continents about how much they trust their managers and senior managers. The results suggested that […]
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September 10, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The Manager’s Conflict Resolution Handbook Competency: conflict management Who benefits: supervisors, managers, employees Consultant Usage: handout for training classes, coaching others What’s it about? This booklet showed up in the mail about two weeks ago, a day or two after co-coaching a friend of mine who is having a […]
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August 31, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” Mark Twain The leadership and talent management “facts” just don’t stop coming. In fact (no pun intended), thanks to some readers, I now have even more to share with you! 1. 42% of men compared to 34% of women say the definitely want to work beyond 65 years of […]
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