December 5, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Seeing within changes one’s outer vision” Joseph Chilton Pearce Our guide dog puppy in training named Rocco has only been with us for a few weeks now and already we are beginning to see his personality being expressed and developing more fully. We can’t help but wonder what his career destiny will bebut hopefully […]
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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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November 17, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Why So Many People Can’t Make Decisions Competency: decision making Who benefits: all of us Consultant Usage: can be useful in understanding clients and self What’s it about? Some of us live in a world of Black and White. For us making decisions are easy. Some of us live […]
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November 10, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Enemies of Trust Competency: trust Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: a strong reminder about the conduct of our clients and ourselves What’s it about? Among the competencies supported by this site is Trust. It is hard to achieve and easy to lose … and hardly ever thought about until it […]
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October 31, 2010 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 negatively affected. Research by Sylvia Ann-Hewlett and Carol Luce show that 62% of high earning individuals work more than 50 hours per week, 35% work more than 60 hours […]
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October 24, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illnessâ€Â Richard Carlson News alert (in case you might have not known already) — Work-related stress (high work load, low control over decision making) can be a direct cause of depression and anxiety and other emotional health symptoms for all employees and particularly for […]
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October 17, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.” Marsha Doble Do you ever wonder if leaders are losing their mind based on the stupid decisions or actions they tend to make? Maybe the phrase “losing it” really has some scientific backing. Indeed, all of us actually start to […]
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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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September 19, 2010 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 psychological well-being ((Nowack, K. (2008). Coaching for Stress: StressScan. Editor: Jonathan Passmore, Psychometrics in Coaching, Association for Coaching, UK, pp. 254-274)). What about positive emotions and health? In a study of […]
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