June 21, 2015 by Ken Nowack
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, “Did you sleep good?” I said “No, I made a few mistakes.” Steven Wright Over the years, I’ve written about the topic of sleep because of its important role related to both health and productivity. Some important and still relevant research findings related to both are worth noting. […]
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June 19, 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 the right-brain leadership gap, connecting talent with opportunity in the Digital Age, the evolving […]
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June 17, 2015 by Wally Bock
I was a twenty-year-old Marine standing before the board that would decide whether I would be promoted to Sergeant. The officer in charge was a Major who had started his Marine career as a private. He landed at Iwo Jima and that adventure gave him a scar the started above his hairline and disappeared behind […]
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June 16, 2015 by Sandra Mashihi
The reality is that not all organizations are “ready” for 360-degree feedback. All too often it gets introduced in the middle of a very large organizational change (e.g., merger or acquisition) or some other untimely organization-wide event. When 360s are implemented at a time when organizations are not ready, more harm than benefit may be […]
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June 15, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“There’s nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you’re insightful about it..” Dennis Miller Have you ever asked for feedback and wondered whether their perception about you was accurate? Ever ask more than one person for feedback and wonder why there were differences in how you were perceived? Ideally, if we could all find […]
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June 14, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Ryun A recent meta-analytic study involving almost 200 studies indicated the power of using Practice Plans (what psychologist call implementation intentions) on goal achievement in a variety of domains (e.g. interpersonal, environmental, health) on top of the effects of mere goal intentions ((Gollwitzer, P. […]
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June 12, 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 why leadership development programs fail, what undermines career development satisfaction, why CEOs should “know […]
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June 10, 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: Help clients become aware of how they are viewed by others. How to Administer […]
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June 10, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development is the way the companies deal with the forces shaping the future. There are lots of opinions about what the future holds. That’s what led Stephanie Neal of DDI to ask “Which are the skills that leaders need to be successful now and in the future?” Here’s part of the opening paragraph of […]
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June 8, 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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