The Key to Collaboration – A Cooperative Attitude
A cooperative attitude is performance power. And a cooperative attitude is critical to building strong, sustainable teams. We know that when teams are engaged by their leadership in a cooperative…
One Bad Apple – One Bad Barrel
Many of us have heard the phrase “one bad apple can ruin the whole barrel”. This adage has been used for centuries to relate individual workplace behaviour to the ability…
Are you a Positive Professional Role Model?
The fastest way to derail any collaborative efforts in an organization is an individual leader’s negative behaviour. Over time, negative experiences erode a leader’s influence. This is particularly true for…
Collaboration Engages Employees
Today’s complexity, ambiguity and rapid change bring with it the realization that in today’s knowledge-based organizations, and particularly healthcare organizations, it is difficult – or more accurately, impossible -- for…
Performance Expectations Drive Collaboration
Organizations still entrenched in the dated command and control leadership paradigm and “we work alone – rock star” mentality, struggle to compete against organizations that embrace a culture of collaboration.…
Collaboration – A Must for the Future
Collaboration is a partnership between people and or groups intended to generate a product or achieve a singular objective that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. In today’s market…
The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength
Have you ever wondered why you choose to behave a certain way? Have you ever wondered why other people’s behaviour rubs you the wrong way? A core belief of an…
Leadership Is All About Followership
In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. Middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of leadership providing neither effective…
Collaboration – Culture or Skill?
Neuroscience has proven that positive emotional energy is necessary for the kind of behaviour that fosters collaboration. That kind of behaviour skill requires not only a huge amount of self-awareness…
Relationship Killers
Collaboration in any organization requires three elements – effective communication, a cooperative attitude, and integrated teams. All three of these elements are based on the principles of human factors psychology…