October 5, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.†Albert Einstein It’s no secret that leaders have inflated views of their skills and competence–we’ve known this for a long time as it’s a consistent finding in all 360-degree feedback research ((Nowack, K. (1992). Self-assessment and rater-assessment as a dimension of management development. Human Resources […]
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October 1, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Finance and Accounting for the non-Financial Manager Competencies: financial management, self-development Who benefits: upwardly mobile non-financial employees, consultants to executives and managers Consultant Usage: coaching referrals, consultant self-development What’s it about? Last week I discussed using this site for review of literature and other sources related to competencies. In […]
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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 24, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: none Competencies: all Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: up to you What’s it about? I thought that before I make a suggestion or two today, I would review with you (okay, with myself with you invited to join in the thinking process) what I am trying to accomplish with […]
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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 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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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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