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Collaboration as a Performance Improvement Strategy

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Collaboration is a partnership between people and or groups intended to generate a product or achieve a singular objective that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. Collaboration tends to move forward any kind of work or goal faster than…

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The Feedback Loop of Change

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

When we understand that cognitive dissonance (the uncomfortable feelings that accompany the perception of contradictory information, and the mental toll of it) is in essence a biological reaction to the way feedback is delivered to us, then we are in…

Feedback and Your Skill of Positive Presence

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Giving and receiving feedback is probably one of life’s greatest challenges both personally and professionally. As leaders, it is critical to continually develop our capacity for both giving and receiving feedback, both positive and negative. Most would agree that giving…

You Are An Influential Leader

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

Whether you are in a formal role of leader or not, you are always an influential leader. Influential leaders understand that how they think and behave affects the way they lead. They must be committed to all kinds of improvement…

Six Questions to Becoming an Influential Leader

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

As leaders we must always be pursuing new avenues that can improve or enhance our overall leadership influence. In today’s global economy, we must continually transform our own leadership effectiveness, the performance of our people, and the overall productivity of…

Cooperation Is The New Constructive Competition

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

A cooperative attitude inhibits destructive competition. While competition among teams can be healthy in that it brings out personal and team bests, energy and commitment to work, it can quickly lead to negative or dysfunctional behaviour. Competition can turn some…

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The Key to Collaboration – A Cooperative Attitude

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

A cooperative attitude is performance power. And a cooperative attitude is critical to building strong, sustainable teams. We know that when teams are engaged by their leadership in a cooperative environment not only is there in an increase in employee…

Tagged with: attitude, collaboration, cooperative, goal, leadership, morale, performance, positive presence, Power, productivity, quality, teams
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Why Effective Communication Matters

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

Remember that communication starts and stops all collaborations. We cannot begin to collaborate without effective and functional conversations. Of greatest importance is for team members to be able to share vital information without fear of experiencing intimidation, retaliation, rude, demeaning,…

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The Human Factors of Ineffective Communication

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

Communication starts and stops all effective collaborations. Some of the causes of ineffective communication are a mixture of both organizational and human factors. The human factors are mental, behavioural and emotional, such as the following: 1. Poor listening skills 2.…

The Organizational Factors of Ineffective Communication

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

Can we place too much emphasis on the need for open and effective communication? There are entire books, lectures, and even professional organizations dedicated to researching and improving overall communication in the workforce. What all this attention on communication says…