October 29, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Time Management Competency: self-development Who benefits: individuals, coaches, organizational consultants Consultant Usage: coaching, training, consulting for organizational effectiveness What’s it about? I had the pleasure recently of coaching a young woman who has exceptional technical skills along with an extraordinary set of skills we attribute to high emotional intelligence. […]
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October 15, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Positive Leadership Competencies: leadership, self-development Who benefits: project leads, team leaders, supervisors, managers, executives Consultant Usage: general education, coaching education, referrals, training materials What’s it about? I have been coming across the term “positive leadership†in my never ending search for material for my postings. I decided to delve […]
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September 28, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.” Edith Wharton Past studies suggest that while 50% of happiness is due to situational factors like health, relationships, and career, the other 50% is due to genes. Although there is much debate about genetic “set points” for happiness, we can significantly […]
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September 21, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” Robert Frost So, can you have it all? In the last Blog I shared an interesting new research study on 9,627 leaders in 33 countries and those who were rated as being more “balanced” significantly predicted career advancement […]
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September 17, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER “God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.”  Isak Dinesen (pseudonym for Danish author Karen Blixen) Title: The Last Lecture Competency: self-development Who benefits: anyone who can read or watch TV Consultant Usage: coaching, stories for trainers What’s it about? My […]
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September 14, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein Perceptions of stress at work are quite high with several studies and our own research with our stress/health assessment StressScan suggesting that 20% to 65% of all employees rate their jobs as being very or extremely challenging ((Nowack, K. […]
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September 7, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.†Bill Waterson We all know that bad moods catch like colds at work and can affect both individual and team performance ((Sy, T. (2005). The contagious leader: Impact of the leader’s mood of group members, group affective tone and group process. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, […]
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September 3, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Harvard Business Review (HBR – September 2008) Competencies: self-development, career management, communication, interpersonal effectiveness, interpersonal sensitivity/empathy, adaptability/stress tolerance, visionary leadership, financial leadership, technological leadership, strategic problem analysis, depth of industry knowledge, Who benefits: employees, managers and supervisors, executives Consultant Usage: career consultants, organizational consultants, leadership trainers and consultants, executive […]
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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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August 17, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“I love to play hide and seek with my kid, but some days my goal is to find a hiding place where he can’t find me until after high school.” Author Unknown It is common in most of my coaching engagements to hear my clients share perceptions of high levels of work–family balance challenges and […]
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