Leadership failure rarely is the result of the absence of technical skill and intellect but incompetence in behavioural skill. You only need to look at the daily news headlines to substantiate the credibility of this statement. You gain higher levels…
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What Worked Then, Won’t Work Now!
The prevalence of knowledge workers and the knowledge workforce is actually less than three decades old, and we all know change is mostly slow and painful. But the truth of the matter is what worked for success in the 1990’s…
Tagged with: ambiguity, behaviour, chaos, collaboration, complexity, connection, culture, human energy, integrated team, knowledge work, knowledge workers, knowledge workforce, mindset, Performance management, team, work-group dynamics
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Are Your People Connections Positive or Negative?
What is it that achieves results for organizations to succeed? Is it the methods, tools, technologies, protocols and systems, or is it the people? There is no doubt – it is your people that achieve results. The methods, tools, technologies,…
Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, collaboration, connection, culture, interactions, leader, motivation, performance, positive presence, relationships
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Connection as a Leadership Strategy
One of the most critical components, in fact, perhaps the most critical component of leadership success is the ability to connect with people. You cannot lead without connecting. Connection is an expression of leader compassion, trust, security, and hope. You…
Tagged with: collaboration, connection, culture, influence, leadership, performance, positive presence, relationships, Strategy
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The Eight Behaviours of Trust
Trust is a complex and far-reaching concept that pervades our personal and professional pursuits. We cannot bottle trust and sell it. Trust is based on an individual’s mental model that people are generally honorable. Social and ethical theorist Russell Hardin…
Tagged with: attitude, collaboration, communication, cooperativeness, culture, engagement, helpfulness, leadership, mental model, positive presence, responsibility, Trust, trustworthiness
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Are You Leading in the Dark? Three Lights of Accountability
In a collaborative culture accountability is a visible practice and framework. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are aware of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and how they personally fit into the framework. They are given…
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Collaboration as a Performance Improvement Strategy
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. Collaboration tends to move forward any kind of work or goal faster than…
Tagged with: collaboration, culture, Experience, Expertise, Improvement, Knowledge, performance, positive presence, Strategy
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The Key to Collaboration: 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 environment not only is there in an increase in employee…
Tagged with: behaviour, collaboration, Competition, cooperation, cooperative attitude, dysfunctional, emotional response, employee morale, functional teams, mental model, mind set, mindset, performance, positive attitude, positive presence, productivity, sustainable teams, work environment
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An Energized Workplace: The 4 Steps Recapped
As we recap the 4 Step Process for an energized workforce outlined in my previous posts it becomes clear that leaders of the future will have to do far more ‘inside’ work than was required of their predecessors. Step 1…
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An Energized Workplace: Step 3
One of the most detrimental beliefs in today’s business world is that a stress-free work environment will result in happy workers. But is that true? In fact, is that even realistic? The global workforce has changed employment patterns in all…