December 31, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“People don’t resist change, they resist being changed.” Peter Scholtes Did you make a New Years resolution? If you are like most people you did–and probably will relapse back to your old habits within 90 days. Old habits are indeed very tough to break and relapse seems greatest when we are under stress. Starting new […]
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December 28, 2007 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: MITOPENCOURSEWARE (Website) Competencies: Self-Development, Leadership, Oral and Written Communication, Financial Leadership, Technological Leadership, Strategic Problem Analysis, Influence, Negotiation, Driving Change, and many more Who benefits? Anyone needing a college course or a university education who cannot afford either the time off and/or the costs associated with an on-site location. […]
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December 26, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it†Lily Tomlin As we near the New Year we can all related to just how stressed we have been from time to time. As we take the time this holiday season to unwind a bit, we can also reflect on the pace […]
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December 19, 2007 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTICIONER Title: Making Judgment Calls (Harvard Business Review Article) Competencies: Judgment; decision-making Who benefits: Anyone who wants or needs to improve their judgments and/or make better decisions. Consultant Usage: Coaching, performance management/evaluation, training handout What’s it about? Sports fans second-guess the coaches of their favorite teams. Marriage counselors wonder how two […]
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December 17, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” Elbert Hubbard How many of you are looking forward to a break during this holiday season to unwind, spend time with family and friends and “energize your batteries” again before the New Year begins? Most of us will actually slow […]
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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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December 3, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.” Wilson Mizener Are you a “night owl” with your greatest alertness, ability to concentrate and performance late at night or a “lark” that has a prefeference for getting up early to accomplish as much as possible? Does it seem to be associated […]
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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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