Virtually all the advice on getting people to engage in their work and increase their productivity is predicated on a false assumption, namely that outside influence will result in lasting internal change, stimulating pride, purpose, motivation and a positive attitude.…
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When Coaching Doesn’t Work
Tagged with: attitude, behaviour, change, connections, Creativity, dysfunction, emotional energy, energy, mindset, motivation, performance, positive attitude, positive presence, purpose, teamwork, toxic behaviour
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Coach or Cut Free?
The sad fact about chronically disruptive people is that they are rarely coachable or teachable. Human behaviour research shows us that functional environments will become dysfunctional as a result of disruptive employees. Rarely if ever does the opposite occur. This…
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Trust at the Top
Many organizations possess great potential for creating high levels of organizational performance excellence, but are missing the one key ingredient for excellence – trust among the senior leadership team. This is reflected in the safety, quality, service, and financial performance…
Tagged with: Achievement, awareness, behaviour, commitment, distrust, leadership, passion, peak performance, positive presence, team, Trust
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Trust and Collaboration
No other aspect of effective leadership is more apparent than the loss of trust through bad behaviour. Building and sustaining trust is critical to accomplishing tasks, achieving goals and creating a performance driven culture. This is true for any enterprise,…
The ‘Why’ of Positive Power
The findings coming forward from the neuro-sciences have huge implications for business organizations on a global scale. And in fact, these findings call for a gigantic shift in how the modern organization develops its employees, its leaders, and the overall…
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The Science of Bad Behaviour
A key focus of research on human performance seeks to understand the complexity and function of the human brain and its impact on performance in relationship to how people respond to leadership and colleague behaviour. Research highlights why you must…
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Are You Unforgettable?
You have probably heard the saying, “A truly great leader is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget.” The same adage holds for bad leaders too, at least the “impossible to forget” part — this also…
Tagged with: behaviour, brain, employee engagement, hippocampus, leader, memories, neuroscience, pattern recognition system, performance, positive presence, recall, team
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Accountability Behaviour
“Leaders lead”, as the old saying goes. This is a simplistic view of what leaders actually do; it does not take into account the fact that not everything a leader does is worth following. So let’s revise this saying to…
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Thriving in the Chaos
Successful companies and their leaders don’t stand around waiting for direction in moments of potential crisis. With a highly developed sense of purpose, they take the initiative and problem solve with collective intelligence and effectiveness in a systems based approach…
Tagged with: behaviour, chaos, emotional intelligence, initiative, lower brain, positive presence, problem solve, self-assess, thinking, Upper Brain
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Achieving Performance Excellence
Research and personal experiences are telling us that the phenomenon of ‘re-wiring’ through the neuro-plasticity of your brain is easier than it may sound. In fact anyone with a keen self-awareness and some really good coaching can, through their conscious…
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