What is it that achieves results for organizations to succeed? Is it the methods, tools, technologies, protocols and systems, or is it the people? There is no doubt – it is your people that achieve results. The methods, tools, technologies, protocols and systems, are there only to enhance your peoples’ ability to perform.
It is with people, then, not with processes, that organizational leaders must form a long-lasting connection. This connection is what ultimately determines the success or failure of the leader specifically and the organization as a whole. People buy into their leaders before they buy into the organization’s mission, vision and values.
Employees who feel a connection with their leaders are engaged, cooperative, collaborative, participative, accountable, passionate about their work, and supportive of change. They are motivated to behave according to established skills, and abilities. An organization with such a workforce can dominate any market or industry with consistent, high quality, safety, service, financial, and operational outcomes.
People connection is a strategy that leaders use to demonstrate they care for and understand the needs of their employees. Connection is an expression of leader compassion, trust, security, and hope. You can care for people without leading them. You can never lead people without caring for them. A deep connection between the leader and employees raises everyone’s level of energy, engagement, motivation, and performance.
At the heart of a connection is the skill of Positive Presence. The skill of Positive Presence is innate in every human being, and with an awareness of this skill comes the mindset, the vocabulary and the skills needed to ensure a culture of success on all fronts.
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.