The Performance Power of Your Presence
Never doubt the impact on performance marked by your presence as a leader. You are, without a doubt, ridiculously in charge of the production and wellbeing of every person you…
Performance Excellence – Continuous Improvement
When behaviour is identified as a critical piece of the performance equation – and studies of corporate success stories have proven its relevance time and time again – it means…
Performance Excellence – The Skill of Positive Presence
Unfortunately, it is not unusual to see people in management positions that are clueless about how to deal with the dysfunctional situations and behaviours -- the “people issues,” that occur…
The Employee Engagement Roller Coaster
The climate that we work in today is getting increasingly more competitive and our organizations are more complex and ambiguous than ever before in history. Each day the markets in…
Thriving in the Chaos
When we accept that the nature of today’s work environments is inherently complex, ambiguous, fast-paced, constantly changing and requires a continuous high level of excellence, then we must acknowledge that…
The Road to an Energized Workforce
The ground-breaking revelations coming from brain science and neuroscience are emphasizing the impact of human energy on, not only organizational culture, but also on the health and productivity of our…
A New Path to Employee Engagement
The greatest single threat to the future of organizations as we know them today is the inability of leadership to engage its workforce for sustainable satisfaction and engagement. In the…
This New Year: A New Mindset
The business and professional climates that we work in today are getting increasingly more complex, more ambiguous, more demanding, and in continuous fast-paced change. Each day the markets in which…
The Seven Employee Needs
Many leaders are unaware of the needs and concerns of their workforce. Unmet needs produce strong negative feelings and resentment. These employees become complainers, cynics, and faultfinders. They resist change,…
The Behaviour Element of Performance Excellence
Performance can be illustrated by this simple formula: Performance= technical skill x behavioural skill. In high-risk industries, such as health care delivery, an imbalance between these two elements of performance…