August 15, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.” Franklin B. Jones I think we need to do a “360″ on 360 feedback1. How would you like to be diagnosed with a new illness and have your doctor tell you that the latest wonder drug has shown [...]
August 1, 2010 by Ken Nowack
”There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” Roger Staubach The Leadership-Employee Engagement Connection I’m not sure that it’s any great secret that leaders influence the level of commitment and engagementof their talent. Nobody likes working for competent jerks–even if they accomplish a lot1. Our own published research has explored a reliable inventory of [...]
May 23, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.” Anonymous We are raising our third guide dog puppy for the blind (Guide Dogs of America). He’s nearing the end of his journey with us and we will have him for about 4 to 6 more months. He came from the “A” [...]
April 11, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Don’t Confuse Facts with Reality.” Robert Ballard 1. According to a survey conducted at the 2009 World Economic Forum, 12% of the respondents said an inadequately trained workforce was a barrier in doing business in the U.S. This figure was 9.9 in the UK, 6.2 in China and 4.8 in India. 2. A survey of [...]
March 14, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save” Will Rogers If you have read my earlier posts on Ajax, the current guide dog puppy my wife and I are raising you will know of our commitment to this volunteer puppy raiser program [...]
February 21, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.” George Carlin I think we can all agree that we’d like leaders (and all talent) to possess a high degree of trustworthiness, honesty and integrity. If only we could figure out the best way [...]
February 7, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“If you don’t know where you are going you might wind up somewhere else” Yogi Berra I just finished two 3.5 day developmental assessment centers with a large University medical center and another with a state university system for high potential leaders. At the end of the assessment center, it was surprising to note [...]
January 31, 2010 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 are very intuitive and some are not….what do you think? 1. A recent 2009 survey of 372 human resources professionals by industry [...]
January 30, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ‘em.” Yogi Berra Current EI Issues and Controversies Anyone confused about what emotional intelligence really is, how to define it and how to measure it? You should be. No doubt this list is incomplete but here are a few issues that [...]
October 11, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure.” Mark Twain The prevalence of self-enhancement (i.e., high regard for one’s own skills and abilities) is not hotly debated but there is controversy on whether it is adaptive or maladaptive which has implications for understanding and interpreting multi-rater feedback1. If self-enhancement means seeing [...]