Behaviour Accountability
This is the most challenging aspect of the coaching and counseling process: To adequately acknowledge the need to change behaviour, a person must be compelled to search for, examine and…
This is the most challenging aspect of the coaching and counseling process: To adequately acknowledge the need to change behaviour, a person must be compelled to search for, examine and…
A fundamental principle, what one might call a natural law, is that people choose to act and behave based on what they believe to be true about how they see…
Virtually all the advice on getting people to engage in their work and increase their productivity is predicated on a false assumption, namely that any form of outside influence will…
The human capacity for choice can be both a blessing and a curse. The capacity to choose is often times overlooked when it comes to understanding performance in the work…
TQM, Total Quality Management, is a philosophy first and process improvement second, however most people equate the ‘Deming Cycle’ of Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) to process improvement initiatives such as SixSigma and…
December 20, 2021 will mark the twenty-eighth anniversary of the passing of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. As we all know, Dr. Deming is touted as the key innovator in driving…
As often mentioned, change – whether personal or organizational – is not easy. Even when presented with clear reasons and validated in research, for behaviour change it is still a…
All great relationships require constructive conflict and confrontation to grow and thrive. Influential leaders orchestrate the culture in which people can be energized, engaged, and fully aware of their meaningful…
Even constructive conflict and confrontation makes the best of us anxious for a variety of reasons that include the following: 1. Conflict and confrontation force us to be accountable. The…
Everyone faces it -- conflict and confrontation. It cannot be avoided in today’s fast-paced workplace … but it doesn’t have to be a negative experience. We can choose it to…