So often we hear in leadership education that we are to “lead by example.” Too often this translates to leaders that if I want my employees to work as hard as I do, than that means I have to demonstrate…
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Communicating For Performance Excellence
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Communication is NOT Overrated
Technology mogul Elon Musk once tweeted out that “people are overrated.” While he would later explain that he was referring to the power of robotics and the emerging technology in both robotics and artificial intelligence, one wonders how destructive that…
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What’s Your Style?
Identifying your own and being aware of others’ behavioural style will contribute to your leadership success in several ways. First, this recognition improves your interaction and communication with others so that your interaction with that person accomplishes its goal. For…
How Do You Influence Others?
Sometimes you cannot articulate why you like or dislike someone’s behaviour, because often your internal preferences are unconscious. Behaviour preference or style, aka social/communication style, has been around for decades. Basically, everyone falls into one of four styles, frequently set…
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The Five Basic Leader Behaviour Skills
At the heart of organizational performance and a performance driven culture is performance at the individual level – and more specifically, individual leader behaviour skills. To help you reframe and refocus your thinking on behaviour competency to drive performance, consider…
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The Eight Behaviours of Trust
Trust-earning or trust-building behaviours include: 1. Consistency in manner, words, and actions; 2. Accountability and transparency, including actively listening, sharing information, and taking responsibility instead of blaming; 3. Genuine or sincere interest in and concern for others; 4. Respectful and…
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The Mental Model 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…
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Why Effective Communication Matters
Remember that communication starts and stops all collaborations. We cannot begin to collaborate without effective and functional conversations. Of greatest importance is for team members to be able to share vital information without fear of experiencing intimidation, retaliation, rude, demeaning,…
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