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Leadership Is About Behaviour

Think back to the first time you heard the word “leader.” Now think of the words or phrases you attribute to a person you consider a leader. Some examples of the words or phrases we attribute to a leader include:

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Leader Connection Drives Performance

As a leader you are responsible for giving your people reasons to follow you. You do this by understanding what they want and need to fulfill their work requirements and contribute to a mutual and beneficial meaningful purpose in their

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This New Year: Commit to Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies

We live in a time of great excitement as we watch the world we grew up in literally changing before your eyes. This is the first time in the history of man that we are able to watch the evolution

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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 we compete grow as technology increases the reach of our

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Behaviour Change is the Key to Organizational Performance

The truth is that the so-called soft skills of behaviour are really the hard skills that create the measure of influence for performance success.  Time and again the fundamental problems related to the lack of engagement and work performance enhancement

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The Jerk at Work

In a moment of self- reflection, ask yourself the following question, “Are my current habits and behaviour getting me to where I want to go?”  If the answer is “No” you need to consider making some changes.  Far too many

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Behaviour Drives Performance Excellence

There is a fundamental truth about organizational performance. The majority of people you know, yourself included, have a legitimate need for highly effective, functional relationships – personal, familial, and professional. Here is the reality check. Few people are willing to

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What Culture Says About You as a Leader

Gone are the days when a paycheck, the employee of the month award, and the gold watch at retirement were sufficient motivators for people to perform at their best or to remain loyal and dedicated to the organization. Just as

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Accountability Leads Collaboration

While accountability is effective in establishing behaviour based expectations for performance, the key is to remain focused on improved and effective behaviour change. Repeating ineffective behaviour that is revealed in feedback and accountability ultimately creates a great deal of damage

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The Skill of Positive Presence

Leaders that have high-level skills in Positive Presence™ and the Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies of Influential Leadership, are very aware when there is a lack of accountability and therefore behave and urge others to behave, in a manner that promotes

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