November 11, 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: New habits are a function of three things–a “cue”, a “behavior” and a “reward.” […]
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November 11, 2015 by Wally Bock
There’s no shortage of articles about why leadership development programs fail. McKinsey thinks there are four common mistakes. Kotter claims that it’s weak foundations. The analysis seems sound, but they don’t get to the heart of the issue. Everyone agrees that leadership development is important No one ever says out loud that leadership development isn’t […]
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November 9, 2015 by Sandra Mashihi
“No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about him.” -Napoleon Hill The goal of 360-degree feedback is to provide useful, accurate, and constructive information to employees to leverage their strengths and focus on potential development areas. Â If employees are too new to a job role or organization, […]
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November 8, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.” Unknown Do you know anyone that fits the description below? Narcissistic: Demonstrates impairments in personality functioning (either in excessive reference to others for self-esteem or goal setting based on gaining approval from others) and impairments in interpersonal functioning (impaired empathy or relationships largely superficial) […]
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November 6, 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 Google’s onboarding, strategic supervisor training, ditching performance reviews, and the foundations of a succession […]
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November 4, 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: Compare your current to desired use of time to maximize your productivity and work/life […]
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November 4, 2015 by Wally Bock
Triage was developed as a way to help medical staff deliver services more effectively by sorting injured people into three groups. One group would do well even if they didn’t get immediate care. Another group would do poorly, no matter what care they received. And a third group was made up of those who would […]
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November 2, 2015 by Sandra Mashihi
“Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process.” -Kurt Lewin In general, it is highly recommended that participants be involved with the respondents of their 360. For one thing, it is important to communicate to those they invite to be raters about the nature of the 360-degree initiative […]
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November 1, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“True friends stab you in the front.” Oscar Wilde Do people’s happy moods and emotions rub off on us? Indeed they do and psychologists call this “emotional contagion.” The Six Degrees of Health Separation Research based on the very well known Franingham Heart studies found that while happiness may spread through a person’s social network of friends, […]
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October 30, 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 how employee learning impacts the organization, learning is everywhere, leadership coaching and invisible change, […]
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