What makes people, who possess knowledge about what they need to do to actually improve their performance, alter and change their behaviour? The answer is volition- a purposeful, intentional choice. People choose to change their behaviour when they have a…
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The Biology of Change
Tagged with: behaviour, brain, circumstances, Desirability, dissatisfaction, emotional acceptance, Experience, feelings, motivation, neurotransmitters, outcomes, performance, positive presence, Practicality, satisfaction, thoughts
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Are Your Connections Positive or Negative?
Relationships, by their nature, require constant and consistent tending. The quality of care you put into these relationships translates into either a negative or a positive experience. That is, the other person perceives every one of your interpersonal exchanges and…
Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, collaborative, compassion, connections, Emotional, habits, Hope, interactions, interpersonal, positive, positive presence, professional, relationships, responsible, safety, Trust
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Making the People Connection
The greatest of all leaders understand that methods, tools, technologies, protocols, and systems do not achieve results. People do. Therefore, it is people not processes, with whom organizational leaders must form a long-lasting, positive, emotional connection. This connection is actually…
Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brain, collaboration, emotional connection, engage, habits, needs, neurochemical performance, neuroscience, performance, positive, positive presence, self-awareness, success, Trust
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A Culture Built For Performance
People do not quit their jobs. They quit their leader – the boss. Ineffective leaders breed ineffective followers, and performance and productivity suffer as a result. With a positive, emotional connection with your people you send a clear message that…
Tagged with: behaviour, connection, culture, human energy, Knowledge, leader, mediocrity, motivation, performance, positive, positive presence, productivity, purpose, scarcity, team, thought model
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How Leaders Create Culture
The ancient Greek aphorism, “Know Thyself,” can be attributed most notably to the philosopher Socrates, however, for the more modern generation of folks you are probably familiar with its Latin version that hung above the Oracle’s door in the Matrix…
Tagged with: behaviour, compassionate, culture, Emotions, empathic, engagement, ethics, Influential leaders, leaders, performance, positive presence, purposeful, relationship, self-awareness, success, values
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Teamwork Drives Organizational Performance
Influential leaders know how to create and sustain highly functional teams that are resilient and engaged. Team building is not about technical skill. Team building is the product of understanding human behaviour and putting the focus on behaviour skill competencies…
Tagged with: absenteeism, accountability, behaviour, burnout, collaboration, compassion, engaged, expectations, Hope, innate strengths, mental skills, performance, positive presence, quality, resilient, safety, Stability, teams, Trust, turnover, wellbeing
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Taking Advantage of Conflict and Confrontation
All great relationships require constructive conflict and confrontation to grow and thrive. Influential leaders orchestrate the culture in which people can be energized, engaged, and fully aware of their meaningful contributions to the enterprise. Much of the personal and organizational…
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Constructive Conflict and Confrontation
If you are listening to research coming from the Neurosciences (Brain Science) and how it relates to the complexity of today’s work environment, you will understand that it is your electro-magnetic neuro-chemical energy that creates your mindset. For a positive…
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Not Making the Choice to Change
Change – whether personal or organizational – is not easy. It is a journey that takes many years and involves many people, but as the Chinese proverb states, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” Despite…
Tagged with: behaviour, change, commitment, connections, engagement, human energy, leaders, performance excellence, positive presence, self-examination, workplace behaviour
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