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What is a Collaborative Team?

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

As leaders, we need to focus on forming teams that can perform amid the complexity and chaos of today’s work environment –a team whose members have behavioural competencies, including interpersonal skills that enhance each other’s’ performance. It has been proven…

Tagged with: attitude, behavioural competencies, cognitive, Collaborative Team, communication, culture, energy, goals, harmony, integrated, interpersonal, Knowledge, performance, positive presence, relationships, success
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The Integrated Team in Crisis

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

We have all heard throughout our lives the importance and value of teamwork. Even as children, on sports teams and in school, we have consistently been influenced by the concept of teamwork. So how do we take these long held…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, coach, communication, crisis, dysfunction, goal, harmony, integrated team, interconnected, interdependent, leader, manager, micromanagement, performance, performance improvement, positive presence, system, teamwork
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Collaboration – A Must for the Future

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

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 one of the most critical ways leaders can generate performance…

Tagged with: behaviour, capacity, collaboration, communication, complexity, consequences, disruptive, healthcare, multidimensional, outcomes, partnership, performance, processes, weakness
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The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

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 Influential Leader is that the people they lead want to…

Tagged with: alignment, analyzer, behaviour, behaviour preference, belief, change, chaos, collaboration, communication, connection, Driver, Emotions, executing, fatigue, influencing, inspires, leader, leadership, motivates, performance, persuader, purpose, relationship, stabilizer, strategic, strength, stress, value, visioning
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The 4 Essential Leadership Skills for Followership

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

“To lead them you have to be with them.” In his award-winning best seller, We Were Soldiers Once and Young, Lt. General Hal Moore spoke this basic leadership lesson to his junior officers. While operating rooms, shop floors, assembly lines,…

Tagged with: alertness, Appreciation, attention, Attentiveness, attitude, collaborative, communication, connection, emotional state, empathic, feedback, followership, inclusive, leadership, performance, positive, praise, relationships, sincere, Thoughtfulness, Trust, work ethic
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Leadership Is All About Followership

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

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 leadership nor effective management. The issue is not change resistance.…

Tagged with: change, collaboration, communication, connection, desires, emotional connection, followership, leadership, listen, listening, management, managers, needs, performance, Positive Connection, positive presence, productivity, purpose, Resistance, team, wants
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Relationship Killers

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

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 which is the study of human behavioural patterns and thinking…

Tagged with: attitude, Behavioural, collaboration, communication, connect, cooperative, culture, leaders, mindset, positive, relationship, relationships, teams, Trust
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It’s Behaviour that drives a People Culture

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Knowing how to create and sustain highly functional teams is a leader’s duty. Team building is the product of understanding human behaviour not technical skill. Leaders must focus on behaviour skill competencies that allow technical skills to blend into a…

Tagged with: behaviour, collaboration, communication, culture, Excellence, feedback, functional teams, Growth, innovation, positive presence, quality, safety, service, team building, thought, Trust
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The Value of a Cooperative Attitude

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

A cooperative attitude inhibits destructive competition. Cooperation, on the other hand, is the ‘new’ constructive competition. While competition among teams can be healthy in that it brings out personal bests and team bests, it can quickly lead to negative or…

Tagged with: attitude, behaviour, collaborative, communication, Competition, consequences, cooperation, dysfunctional behaviour, functional team, leader, morale, motivation, Negative, performance, positive presence, team
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Collaboration is the Key!

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Research evidence supports collaborative environments and points to improvements in organizational climate, better understanding of organizational goals and expectations, greater individual and leader accountability, lower turnover, and higher retention of leader candidates. There is a caveat, however, in that while…

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