No matter what your circumstance in life, you have the ability to give back, and giving benefits all those involved both physically and emotionally. When giving to others makes you feel good, those feelings translate to your biology and the…
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Giving Back
Tagged with: altruism, biology, brain, connection, cooperation, emotionally, endorphins, euphoria, fulfillment, giving, gratefulness, happiness, helper’s high, interdependence, kind, Meaning, oxytocin, physically, positive presence, stress, Trust
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What is Your Leadership Strength?
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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Your Emotional Behaviour
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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Be the Leader People Want to Follow
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 Intrinsic Nature of Leadership
There are four fundamental aspects of behaviour patterns: (1) executing (driver), (2) influencing (persuader), (3) strategic thinking (analyzer), and (4) relationship building, (stabilizer). With a fundamental understanding of the four aspects of behaviour patterns and how they affect connection, collaboration,…
Tagged with: behaviour, behaviour strengths, change, Character, collaboration, commitment, competence, connection, emotional capacity, engagement, leadership, positive presence
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Domains of Leadership Strength
John Maynard Keyes wrote, “The hardest thing is not to get people to accept new ideas; it is to get them to forget the old ones.” Change, increased complexity, and chaos are constants in our knowledge and technology driven world.…
Tagged with: behaviour patterns, behaviour strengths, chaos, collaboration, complexity, connection, leadership, neuroscientists, peak performance, performance, positive presence, relationships, thinking pattern
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A Culture Built For Performance
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…
Taking Advantage of Conflict and Confrontation
The presence of highly developed positive neuronal connections among leaders and team members does not mean the absence of conflict and confrontation. On the contrary, a culture that embraces collaboration and connection welcomes constructive conflict and confrontation. The operative word…
Tagged with: accountability, Authenticity, collaboration, connection, constructive conflict, Constructive confrontation, positive presence, relationships, Trust
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High Level Performance Requires High Level Behaviour Skill
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…
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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