January 28, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn’t answer the phone.† Craig Kilborn OK, I’ve created a number of surveys myself and confess to being interested in the findings ((Nowack, K. (1990). Getting Them Out and Getting Them […]
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January 16, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: CCL, NTL, SDI Competency: Leadership, self-development, interpersonal communication styles, managing differences/conflict Who benefits: Leaders, employees on fast track…or hoping to get on the fast tract, practitioners Consultant Usage: Coaching, self-development What’s it about? It’s still January, not too late to do some self-development planning for the year. Here’s my […]
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January 11, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.” Mark Twain Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. CO2 Partners in a recent 2007 Internet survey of over 3,000 employees (90% middle to senior […]
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January 7, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein We all know that negative moods are associated with poor physical health and psycholoogical well-being. Can happiness actually be good for you? Can you be too happy? In a recent study of 2,873 healthy British adults conducted by Dr. Andrew Steptoe, those who reported […]
December 10, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” Albert Schweitzer It’s no surprise that workers aren’t very satisfied with work stress and pay/benefits–and stress seems to make us sick, fat and depressed according to recent research. Today, talent at […]
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November 26, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.†Peter Drucker Every year since 1983, Bain and Company has surveyed executives in various industries to weight and rate the level of satisfaction and use of over 100 popular tools (e.g., benchmarking, six sigma, corporate blogs). With over 8,504 […]
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November 6, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Will Never Hurt me” Unknown If performance feedback was a drug, many of us could be easily sued for malpractice. One of the most cited research studies on performance feedback is based on meta-analysis by Kluger and DeNisi who reviewed over 3,000 studies (607 effect sizes, […]
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October 30, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.†Aldous Huxley I have a habit of collecting some “facts” that I read in both academic non-academic journals. I try sometimes to go back to […]
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October 23, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“I’m not asleep… but that doesn’t mean I’m awake” Author Unknown We all seem to be working longer and harder with health, sleep, and mood being affected. Research by Sylvia Ann-Hewlett and Carolyn Luce shows that 62% of high-earning individuals work more than 50 hours per week, 35% work more than 60 hours a week […]
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