Regardless of an official title at work, or in your community – whether you realize it or not — you are a leader. You’ve heard the saying “Behaviour speaks a thousand words.” And whether you know it or not, every time you connect with someone, you have the opportunity to lead thru influence, and so, you can choose to be an Influential Leader.
A key factor to your leadership influence is discovering and developing self-awareness. Self-awareness is all about being intentional and purposeful in managing your behaviour. Following this principle, leaders need to take the time to periodically evaluate their behaviour performance. The only alternative to this process of intentional, self-evaluation is to put your behaviour on autopilot which is no substitute for active engagement and situational awareness. As an example, look up the 2009 story about Northwest Airlines Flight 188 which became a cautionary tale about the risks of complacency and lack of awareness.
The behaviour competencies of the skill of Positive Presence are built upon a foundation of self-awareness – knowing your values and your purpose and how they relate to your organization. Also included in self-awareness is accepting responsibility and ownership of your actions, your words and your thoughts. Furthermore, a deep understanding of your primary behaviour style is paramount to understanding yourself, and to understanding how you affect all those around you.
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.