February 15, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. According to the CIPD/Halogen Software Employee Outlook survey, 33% of employees in the public sector stated they believed their company’s […]
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January 13, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.†Rodney Dangerfield Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental […]
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January 12, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Research on interviews with 151,284 U.S. employees using the Gallup Employee Engagement Index suggests that only  about 30% of talent […]
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December 25, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: I salute all holidays today Competency: interpersonal sensitivity Who benefits: everyone! Consultant Usage: n/a What’s it about? Why would anyone in North or South America, Europe and parts of the rest of the world open this Post today? It is a day off. It may be a religious holiday […]
December 1, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Research on sleep suggests 9% of American workers have fallen asleep at inappropriate times like meetings. 40.6 million American workers […]
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November 24, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Gratitude is fertilizer for well-being.†Kenneth Nowack If you want to change the world, have a lasting impact on your community, create a meaningful and psychological healthy workplace, develop a safe community, loving family or meaningful partnership–it all starts with you. Several recent research studies have focused on the power of gratitude as a necessary […]
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October 20, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright 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 the Aberdeen Group shows that only 31 percent of organizations have a formal strategy for designing, implementing and […]
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July 28, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. A 2012 survey of 3,892 US workers reported that 35 percent of all employees have been bullied at work. The […]
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June 30, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.†George Carlin A recent study by Dr. Jean Decety, a professor in psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago and colleagues at the University of Chicago has found that the brain scans of […]
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June 16, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“My reputation grows with every failure.” George Bernard Shaw How are we seen by others? Are we seen the same by our boss, colleagues, family members, friends and others? What are they actually evaluating? Current research suggests that we are globally evaluated by everyone on two universal aspects of human behavior ((Judd, C. et al., […]
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