February 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: Pinpoint implications for work and life balance and development based on career stage. How […]
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February 4, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development is about more than the C-Suite Once upon a time it may have made good sense to think about leadership development for a select few and succession planning for the top few levels of the organization. Those times are gone. Today’s high velocity knowledge economy puts a premium on leadership at all levels. […]
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February 2, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. .†Franklin P. Jones Cigarettes in the United States all come with health warning labels on boxes—perhaps vendors should do the same in marketing and selling multi-rater assessments that are so commonly used by coaches, consultants and organizational […]
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February 1, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“If you are not happy here and now you never will be.†Taisen Deshimaru Are There Different Ways to Be Happy? “Happiness” really is a messy concept. In fact, not only do psychologist define and measure aspects of well-being differently, there is some new evidence that having the right kind of happiness might actually be […]
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January 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 why personal, instructor-led training will never completely go away, when high IQ is a […]
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January 28, 2015 by Wally Bock
Where should you put your leadership development resources? If you want to get the most profitability bang for your development buck, where should you put your money? I nominate frontline supervisors. As a group they have more to do with the engagement and performance of workers than any other group. In his excellent book, Good […]
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January 26, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.†Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It’s no secret that leaders have inflated viewsof their skills, knowledge 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 […]
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January 25, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to walk away, know when to runâ€Â Kenny Rogers THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF “HOLDING” In a series of studies by Angela Duckworth and colleagues, individuals demonstrating “grit” were more likely to be successful in both academic and job related measures of […]
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January 23, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“It’s easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that’s the hard part. “ Casey Stengel One of the things our company has done for the last 20 years is to identify potential leaders using developmental assessment centers ((Nowack, K. (1997). Congruence Between Self and Other Ratings and Assessment Center Performance. Journal of Social Behavior […]
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January 23, 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 building performance capability, the CEO’s biggest ally for building a top executive team, selecting […]
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