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Trust or Collaboration?

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

The fundamental purpose of building and sustaining trust is to accomplish tasks and achieve goals. This is true for any enterprise, whether for-profit or not-for-profit. In this way, trust is an operational and a collaborative imperative. In health care organizations,…

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The Role Of The Leader In Promoting Accountability

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

An ‘influential leader’ is a leader with or without rank or position who leads with a positive mindset and is versed in the behaviour competencies of Self-awareness, Collaboration and Connection. In a collaborative culture with an ‘influential leader’, accountability is…

Tagged with: accountability, collaboration, collaborative culture, confusion, connection, distrust, engagement, Excellence, fear, influential leader, measures, objectives, position, positive mindset, positive presence, rank, responsibility, success, underachievement
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The Trust Quotient

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

The word trust is derived for the German word trost, meaning comfort. This is an appropriate association because when you trust someone, you are comforted by the belief that this person has your best interest at heart and thus will…

Tagged with: accountability, attention, behaviour, collaboration, concern, confidence, connection, Consistency, Experience, Generalized trust, honorable, interpersonal, leadership, listening, mental model, positive mindset, positive presence, self-awareness, Sharing, team, transparency, Trust
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What Your People Want

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brainstorming, collaboration, Communicating, Competition, connection, contributors, decision making, engagement, feedback, guidance, leaders, passions, passive producers, responsibility, Rewarding, self-awareness, Sharing, talents, team
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What is Your Leadership Strength?

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Have you ever wondered why you choose to behave a certain way? To help answer this question, Tom Rath and Barry Conchie have classified leadership strengths into four domains: (1) executing (driver), (2) influencing (persuader), (3) strategic thinking (analyzer), and…

Tagged with: awareness, behaviour, behaviour preference, collaboration, connection, leadership, performance, positive presence, relationships, strength, success
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New Learning for Connection

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

In the developed world, our organizations are now composed primarily of knowledge workers– people who are highly educated and experts in their individual fields, and who need each other’s mind and skill in order to achieve organizational goals. These people…

Tagged with: barriers, behavioural skills, cognitive, cognitive behaviour, collaboration, conduits, connectivity, coordination, decision, energy, engagement, information, knowledge workers, leadership, neurosciences, positive presence, relationships
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Communication – The KPI for Collaboration

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Much of the communication in today’s organizations entails an exchange, wherein all parties involved must act as both giver and recipient of information. This exchange ensures that the information is received and the recipient has an opportunity to express agreement,…

Tagged with: collaboration, collaborations, communication, connectivity, exchange, human, intent, language, Learning, organizations, overload, performance, positive, positive presence, Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies, positivity, socialness, stress
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DYK (Did You Know?)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

Did you know that today’s work environments are a breeding ground for bad stress … the kind of stress that sucks the life out of you; that causes stress-related illnesses like migraines and insomnia; that causes mind-fog and burnout? Scientific…

Tagged with: ambiguity, behaviours, brain, burnout, change, chaos, clear mind, collaboration, communication, complex, culture, emotional wellness, energized, focused mind, illness, innovate, knowledge worker, mental wellness, mind-fog, negativity, neuroplasticity, pandemic, performance, physical wellbeing, positive, positive presence, Power, strengthening, stress, thoughts
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Leading Amid Complexity

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

Significant change initiatives, in organizations today, often focus on technology and process neglecting to take the human factor, the people, into equal consideration. Regardless of the industry and the cliché, leaders must accept that the most valuable asset, relative to…

Tagged with: behaviour, brain, change initiatives, collaboration, Complex organizational systems, complexity, connections, engagement, mission, neurophysiology, performance, purpose, relationships, self-awareness, tactical capacity
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Your Emotional Behaviour

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

As a leader, awareness of self and others is the most critical factor there is. This awareness translates into a knowledge and understanding of the different types of people personalities and the way they will typically interact with each other…

Tagged with: awareness, behaviour, behaviour styles, collaboration, connection, emotional behaviour, Flexibility, fundamental behaviour, Human emotion, mental, mental patterns, operational behaviour, performance excellence, personalities, positive presence, relational behaviour, self-awareness
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