One of the most detrimental beliefs in today’s business world is that a stress-free work environment will result in happy workers. But is that true? In fact, is that even realistic?
The global workforce has changed employment patterns in all developed countries forever. Workforces of knowledge workers are becoming more and more the norm, requiring employees to have a clear and focused mind to perform their daily duties. In addition, the demands to perform at a continuously high level of excellence amid the pressures of increased complexity, ambiguity, change, and rate of speed, seems to be the new norm for knowledge-based organizations world-wide. That being said, the odds that the majority of work environments will become less stressful in the near future, is highly unlikely.
The good news is however, studies and research coming from the neurosciences is proving that happy people have something in common. Happy people have the ability for positive thinking – and positive thinking, sometimes referred to as Positive Intelligence, can be thought of as a skill, that like any other skill, it must be learned and practiced.
This skill can be more clearly described as the skill of Positive Presence™ — the skill of adjusting and creating a positive and energized mindset within our self through conscious thought processes. As this skill is developed, so too is our capacity for achieving peak performance, for building and maintaining good relationships, and for experiencing good health.
For Success, along with positive thinking you need positive action … So the next big step in creating a successfully energized workplace is to implement a program grounded in collaboration and accountabilitty – a systematic program that initiates conversation around leadership, cognitive strengthening, and behaviour skills. The program also requires educating leaders about the research coming from the field of the neurosciences and cognitive behaviour. And finally the program must be supported through the organization’s Quality Management Plan.
Acquiring the skill of Positive Presence is a slow and gentle process that begins with awareness. Remember, the more time we spend in the positive, the greater our capacity for achieving peak performance, for building and maintaining good relationships, and for experiencing good health.
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.