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Achieving Performance Excellence

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: behaviour, brain, brain-power, change, coaching, complexity, efficiency, energized, energy, mindset, neuro-plasticity, positive emotional energy, positive presence, productivity, self-awareness, thought habits
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Why Coaching Fails

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Coaching and having a coach has become a huge buzz in today’s corporate world. As leaders in the fast-paced, ever-changing work environment, having that third-party support to manage the chaos and complexity can be invaluable. On the other hand, bringing…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brain, chaos, coaching, complexity, culture, inner dissonance, performance, positive presence, stress
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4 Steps to Organizational Performance

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

The corporate world is full of courses, seminars and workshops purporting to improve employee skills, increase productivity, boost morale, and enhance employee retention, and ultimately to increase organizational performance. It is the hope that the investment of time and money…

Tagged with: behaviour, brain, change, coaching, Confirmation bias, connections, leader, mental model, neuronal pathways, neuroscience, performance, productivity, thought habits
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Behaviour Accountability

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

This is the most challenging aspect of the coaching and counseling process: To adequately acknowledge the need to change behaviour, a person must be compelled to search for, examine and question those unconscious assumptions they have buried deep in the…

Tagged with: accountability, attitudes, behaviour, Choice, coaching, counseling, dissonance, effective, experiences, high performers, internal change, internal drivers, mindset, morale, patterns, positive, positive presence, productive, unconscious assumptions
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When is Enough Enough?

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

The human capacity for choice can be both a blessing and a curse. The capacity to choose is often times overlooked when it comes to understanding performance in the work place. In times of a labor shortage, managers tend to…

Tagged with: accountability, attitude, behaviour, Choice, coaching, communication, counseling, culture, expectations, grow, human, motivation, performance, productive, rewards, toxic
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Leader or Coach?

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

In the face of rapid, disruptive change and the highly dynamic state of business, companies are realizing that leaders can’t be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control leadership is no longer viable. That being said, investing in…