Understanding Your Behaviour
We are all different, but we are all the same. We all have similar emotional and physical needs, but we all possess individual differences in basic temperament. ‘Personality’ means a…
The Neuroscience / Thought Link
Epigenetics is the study of how the brain responds to physical stimuli of electromagnetic and chemical flow in the brain. This process triggers groups of genes to act in a…
Are Your Connections Positive or Negative?
Relationships, by their nature, require constant and consistent tending. The quality of care you put into these relationships translates into either a negative or a positive experience. That is, the…
We Get What We Create
Sigmund Freud, so the story goes, went to his grave perplexed by the question “What do women want?” I wonder if it ever occurred to Freud to simply ask a…
The Seven Employee Needs – What’s Missing?
Many leaders are unaware of the needs and concerns of their workforce. Unmet needs produce strong negative feelings and resentment. These employees become complainers, cynics, and faultfinders. They resist change,…
4 Traits of Emotionally Aware Leaders
As we move through the knowledge era toward the Age of Connection (aka The Network Society) due to the internet, the necessity for emotionally aware leadership is absolutely critical for…
Emotional Awareness – How Do You Engage?
Its important to note that, for the most part, your brain is not wired for the positive – you are actually predisposed to the negative. But, your brain can be…
Emotional Awareness Using Your Skill of Positive Presence
Authenticity, humility, honesty, and courage are hallmark leadership traits that research has attributed to a leader’s emotional awareness. In today’s knowledge economy in which the majority of your workforce is…
5 Questions to Becoming An Emotionally Aware Leader
Emotionally aware leaders understand their own (and, by extension, their employees) emotional triggers. Emotional triggers are people, events, conditions, or experiences that arouse intense negative reactions. Incompetence, micromanagement, constantly missing…
The Emotional Dimension of Performance
Human emotions are as complex as they are varied. In a span of one day, we all experience a significant number of emotional highs and lows. An average person in…