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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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Creating Integrated Teams

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

We all have 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. Real teams out perform a cluster of people…

Tagged with: behavioural competencies, change, communication, cooperative attitude, influential leader, integrated systems approach, integrated teams, interconnected, interdependent, interpersonal skills, performance, teamwork
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Be the Leader People Want to Follow

Posted on September 15, 2020 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 authority providing neither effective leadership nor effective management. The issue is not change resistance.…

Tagged with: active listening, change, collaboration, communication, connection, followership, goals, leadership, management, objectives, performance, positive emotional connection, productivity, purpose, team
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The Hierarchy of Organization Behavioural Needs

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

In 1943 Abraham Maslow developed what many of us know as “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.” His theory is that human psychology revolves around a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. As you may…

Tagged with: Behavioural Needs, communication, Excellence, performance, performance brain, positive presence, purpose, safety, Trust, value
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Effective Communication is Paramount!

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

In April of this year, technology mogul Elon Musk 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, I…

Tagged with: communication, compassion, Effective Communication, emotional connection, listening, performance, positive presence, productivity, relationships, trust behaviour, workplace engagement
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A Culture Built For Performance

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. What maybe misattributed as generational gaps is that everywhere, middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of leadership providing neither effective leadership…

Tagged with: collaboration, communication, connection, effective leadership, followership, learned helplessness., meaningful purpose, mediocrity, performance, positive emotional connection, positive presence, productivity, scarcity
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Your Workplace Behavior Style

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: Amiable, Analytical, behavioral style, communication, Driver, emotional reaction, Expressive, leadership
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The Five Basic Leader Behaviour Skills

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, communication, culture, human energy, performance, values
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The Eight Behaviours of Trust

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Catherine Osborne

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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