January 29, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“….Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend” Carlole King What exactly do relationships at work do for talent? Do close relationships with one’s boss and colleagues have any impact on engagement and productivity? Current research suggest strong relationships with one’s boss and direct reports are associated with: Less inflammation measured as C-Reactive Protein1. [...]
January 22, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“Nearly 80% of people believe they are among the top 50% most emotionally intelligent people” Peter Salovey There are at least three distinct approaches to measuring EI and emotional and social competence representing different models. The first, delineated by Reuven Bar-On, was influenced by his interest in the aspects of performance not linked to intelligence; [...]
January 15, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It’s like having a mental workshop” Jack Youngblood As a kid, I played baseball and probably made over 1,000 double plays successfully–at least in my mind. I used to visualize every moment of receiving the ball from the shortstop to avoiding the slide [...]
December 25, 2011 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another edition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. According to a late 2010 survey by CareerBuilder.com (2,482 U.S. managers and 3,910 full-time employees in [...]
December 18, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“You can observe a lot by watching.” Yogi Berra What factors are most important to an individual’s career success and how do they contribute to it? A recent study tried to answer this question in an unusual way — by analyzing the speeches of baseball stars when they are inducted into the National Baseball Hall [...]
December 11, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Too bad you can’t buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.” Jack Handy Sometimes we just have to blow off steam to deal with work and life challenges. Surprisingly, only about 30 percent of individuals experiencing severe life trauma and pain experience post traumatic [...]
November 27, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Gratitude is fertilizer for well-being.” Kenneth Nowack If you want to change the world, have a lasting impact on your community, create a meaningful and psychological healthy workplace, develop a safe community, loving family or meaningful partnership–it all starts with you. Several recent research studies have focused on the power of gratitude giving as a [...]
November 6, 2011 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. In the latest APA Stress in America survey, 69% of employees are satisfied with their employer [...]
September 25, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Unknown Remember this old saying from childhood? No doubt someone was saying something to you that could have been emotionally hurtful. Well, it seems this old saying really doesn’t have any scientific merit at all. In fact, recent research suggests that indeed [...]
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September 18, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.” Henry Boyle In earlier Blogs I have written about the “pro-social peptide” oxytocin and how it seems to enhance trust and trustworthiness between individuals and teams. Unfortunately, oxytocin can’t easily be increased artificially but experimentally when it is given to people, [...]
September 6, 2011 by Ken Nowack
When: September 9, 2011 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM New Location Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP 11377 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 West Tower, Rm. 1031 Warning: Feedback Might Be Dangerous to Your Health Presented by Ken Nowack Within 1/5th of a second, our brain can recognize harm and danger in social interactions [...]
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September 4, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” Aaron Levenstein Another edition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Hooray for U.S. work ethics! According to he Center for American progress in 2010, 86 [...]
August 28, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford Have you ever worked on a team (e.g., task force or committee) that really worked effectively? Just how well a group performs on a wide range of different tasks is a way to define and measure “collective group intelligence” or [...]
August 14, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess” Mark Twain One of the things I’ve learned being a volunteer puppy raiser of guide dogs for the blind is about giving feedback. With guide dog puppies, [...]
August 7, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment” Bill Walsh What would you say to someone if you knew that your honest feedback to a person could influence and motivate this individual to make or not to make a $3 million gift or donation to a [...]