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Is Technical Competence Enough?

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

“Is it not enough that I am good at my job?” The simple and short answer to this question is, “no!” In 1627, English poet, John Donne, wrote that “no man is an island unto himself.” No matter where we…

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What is Meaningful Connection?

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Connection increases a leader’s influence among followers, and this influence in turn spurs followers to do more: improve their behaviour, develop their skills and talents, work better and harder, seek and participate in collaborations or teams, and achieve greater results.…

Tagged with: behaviour, change, connection, Excellence, followers, influence, leadership, Meaningful Connection, mind, performance, positive, positive presence, Strategy, team, thinking, thoughts
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The Brain/Behaviour Connection

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius, Joint 16th Emperor of the Roman Empire. In his book, Get Out of Your Own Way: The Five Keys to…

Tagged with: accountability, actions, attention, behaviour, brain, Choice, Competition, connection, consequences, Excellence, goals, innovative, mental model, mental patterns, mind, motivation, performance, positive presence, self-awareness, tension, thinking, thought habits, unproductive behaviours
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Adaptability – Resiliency to Respond to Changing Events

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Developing a strategy for ‘Connection’ can have enormous influence on the way your people think and connect and plays an important role in fundamental transformation of any businesses culture and work environment. There are three behaviour-based concepts that must be…

Tagged with: Adaptability, alertness, Attentiveness, behaviour, change, communication, compassion, connection, culture, emotional connections, engagement, flexible, influence, leader, miscommunications, performance, Positive experiences, proactive, productivity, resiliency, self-awareness, self-examination, sensitivity, success, transformation, Trust, versatile
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Alertness – Emotional Sensitivity to Others

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

There are three behaviour-based concepts that must be adopted and learned in order to successfully transform a culture to one of connection: attentiveness (focus on others), alertness (emotional sensitivity to others), and adaptability (resiliency to respond to changing events). There…

Tagged with: Adaptability, alertness, Attentiveness, behaviour, compassion, connection, culture, emotional sensitivity, empathize, Hope, human, interactions, leaders, legitimate needs, Others, resiliency, sensitivity, Stability, sympathize, Trust
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Lasting Organizational Change

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

When done right, employee attitude, satisfaction and/or engagement surveys provide valuable information to the organization. Too often however, leaders do not take seriously the workplace barriers and emotional barriers identified by their employees. Corporate survey efforts become a way to…

Tagged with: attitude, barriers, behaviour, care, change, disruptive, emotional barriers, energy, engagement, performance, positive behaviours, positive presence, quality, satisfaction, strength-building, wellbeing, workplace
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Three Truths About Leadership-Follower Relations

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Jason is the CEO of a large, independent service-providing organization. Highly educated, he is very talented in the business sciences and executes on those skills with flawless precision. As Jason progressed through the company, his hyper competitiveness and ambition exposed…

Tagged with: behaviour, competitiveness, connections, leader-follower relations, performance, prejudices, relationships
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How Positive (Or Not) Are You?

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Over time, negative experiences erode the leader’s influence. This is particularly true for leaders who give plenty of lip service to forging effective relations but whose behaviour does very little to advance that cause. These leaders ignore or do not…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, collaborative, connections, culture, emotional connections, leaders, morale, Negative, performance, positive, productivity, relations, Trust, turnovers
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Are You Aware Enough to Connect?

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Relationships, by their nature, require constant and consistent tending. The quality of the care you put into relationships with your colleagues translates into either a negative or a positive experience. That is, the other person perceives every one of your…

Tagged with: behaviour, care, connections, emotional awareness, high-performance, leader behaviour, Negative, neurosciences, positive, positive presence, relationships, self-awareness
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The Emotional Bank – How Wealthy Are You?

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Self-examination reveals many things, including your level of sincerity, which is a trait all enlightened leaders share. Sincerity is synonymous with genuineness, honesty, and authenticity. In his best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey presented the…

Tagged with: awareness, behaviour, cohesion, confidence, connections, credibility, emotional awareness, Emotional Bank, Emotions, harmony, mindset, performance, positive, positive presence, relationships, sincerity, Trust, unity
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