In today’s organizations, leaders and managers must learn to be effective conduits of information, both tangible and non-tangible alike. Successful organizations will be a continuous looping and re-looping of information, feedback and adjustment. Organizations will have to flatten right out so that information is being transmitted quickly and efficiently. Managers will be the eyes and ears between where the work is being done and where the strategy is evolving. Power lines for informed decision making will have to be free of bureaucratic static and barriers, and it will be up to managers to become experts at mitigating the bureaucracy that often weighs down efficiency.
This level of communication will require a special connectivity among organizational leaders. It will require the type of connectivity that only comes with an understanding of human energy that leads to connectedness – how it works; how it evolves; and the behaviours needed to get there. For that we need to look to the neurosciences and the plethora of evidence that is coming forth using advanced neuro-imaging technology within the realm of cognitive behaviour (among others). And then we have to develop the necessary cognitive and behavioural skills in our leaders. These skills are paramount to leading with high levels of connectivity, and these skills must be continuously accounted for and supported through the overarching organizational culture.
These skills can be referred to as Positive Presence skills, but what they really are all about is an awareness of holding our human energy field in harmony with those around us. It is relatively easy to learn and just as easily measured through workplace behaviour. In his 2010 book “The Heart-Mind Matrix”, Joseph Chilton Pearce refers to studies showing that when our energy is positive we are experiencing positive thoughts and feelings such as kindness, happiness, optimism and love….and on the flip side when thoughts and/or feelings are negative (like, anger, frustration, jealousy, and cynicism) … our energy is also negative. Pearce also explains the linkage between positive energy (positive thoughts and feelings) and the increased ability to ‘connect’ and ‘mesh’ with others of like energy…. an increased ability to work together, if you will.
We now have the science to prove that the motivation and passion that we associate with employee engagement, and the focus and clarity that we associate with optimum productivity, and the emotional intelligence that we associate with influential leadership – they only occur within positive human energy. We also know that the tangible indicator of human energy is behaviour. That being said, the Number One KPI for future leaders will be individual leader behaviour, the kind of behaviour that displays only within positive human energy.
Catherine is the President and CEO of CORPORATE HARMONY, providing virtual solutions for leadership development and organizational culture change. Her leadership and coaching experience as a Project Manager in an ever-changing, fast moving technological organization with unrelenting demands drove her to the realization that a positive mindset and strength-building behaviors are essential for today’s complex and chaotic organizational systems. CORPORATE HARMONY’s virtual platform of programs, coaching and performance measurement, is an innovative online technology of tested proprietary content. The world-class content of CORPORATE HARMONY’s Positive Presence Program develops the skill of ‘Positive Presence’ and the necessary ‘Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies’ for maintaining a positive and energized mindset and increased performance in today’s complex work environment, and leading to a culture of collaboration and connection. Catherine’s vision for Corporate Harmony is to bring the skill of “Positive Presence” to the corporate world as it becomes more complex, ambiguous and chaotic. Catherine is uniquely positioned to impact organizations’ productivity and long term success, with her powerful vision of eliminating bad stress from every workplace around the globe, bringing purpose into the people equation to promote healthy, productive and meaningful work cultures and turn the tide on the neglect of mental health on a global scale. Catherine is author of the book: “CORPORATE HARMONY – The Performance Link for Today’s Modern Organization” Catherine can be reached at: Catherine.Osborne@corporateharmony.ca or go to ‘contact us’ on our website www.corporateharmony.ca. Catherine is available for consultation, and can be reached by 519-695-3407.