Leadership development: the little things

December 30, 2015 by Wally Bock

Leadership development is a big, important thing. The effectiveness and often the fate of a company or a team hinges on how well the leader does his or her job. But the most effective leaders do a lot of little things that don’t get much publicity at all. I started thinking about this when I […]




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The Advantages of (Engaged) Workaholics

December 27, 2015 by Ken Nowack

“People are saying that I’m an alcoholic, and that’s not true, because I only drink when I work, and I’m a workaholic.” Ron White Is there such a thing as healthy Type A workaholics? Let me share with you some current findings that we haven’t yet published about Type A personalities, with a focus on […]




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Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 12/24/15

December 24, 2015 by Wally Bock

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about hiring leadership development talent, data versus discretion in hiring, leadership development and inborn traits, […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: “My Behavior Change Self-Contract

December 23, 2015 by Ken Nowack

This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: Leads clients to select a change goal and commit to a change goal. How […]




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Leadership development: Hiring for values

December 23, 2015 by Wally Bock

Maura C. Ciccarelli’s HREOnline post, “Data vs. Discretion in Hiring,” includes the following provocative statement. “The authors also suggest that ‘managers exercise discretion because they are biased or have poor judgment, not because they are better informed. This implies that firms in our setting can further improve match quality by limiting managerial discretion and placing […]




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The Genetics of Leadership

December 20, 2015 by Ken Nowack

“Predictions are very difficult, especially when they are about the future” Yogi Berra Maybe not all of us “have the right stuff” to be leaders. It’s a lot more popular to subscribe to “leaders are made” versus “leaders are born” but perhaps both positions are right. What do we know about the genetics of leadership? […]




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Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 12/18/15

December 18, 2015 by Wally Bock

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about effective learning implementations, 50 ways to leverage learning, the need for more global leadership […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: Coping with Stress to Avoid Relapse-Meditation Exercise

December 16, 2015 by Ken Nowack

This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: Meditation exercise to cope and manage stress. How to Administer and Use this Exercise […]




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Leadership development: Business-Minded HR

December 16, 2015 by Wally Bock

The title of the article in Perspectives(at)SMU seemed straightforward: “HR of the Future.” Then subhead added something else: “Business-minded HR practitioners are needed to take the organisation forward.” Leadership development should be the core of competitive advantage The company’s leaders make the choices that result in success or failure. That’s why leadership development is the […]




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Interpreting 360-Feedback Results: WHO Should Do It?

December 14, 2015 by Sandra Mashihi

“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” -Japanese Proverb “Best practices” in using 360-degree feedback suggest that having someone debrief the report is important to manage potential negative emotions surrounding the data, increase the understanding of rater differences, and facilitate developmental planning (Nowack, 2005). However, the process […]




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