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Are you a Positive Professional Role Model?

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

The fastest way to derail any collaborative efforts in an organization is an individual leader’s negative behaviour. Over time, negative experiences erode a leader’s influence. This is particularly true for leaders who give plenty of lip service to forging effective…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, change, collaboration, collaborative, continuous improvement, culture, Emotional, Emotions, energy, influence, leadership, Negative, performance, positive, positive presence, productivity, quality, relationships, self-aware, toxic, wellness, work environment
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Don’t Settle For ‘Good’

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

If you asked someone how they are doing, how different do you feel based upon the response between them saying, “I am good” or “I am great?” Now apply that to business or health care, if I asked you how…

Tagged with: behaviour, change, effort, Emotional, energy, future, greatness, Improvement, innovation, leaders, leadership, mindset, opportunity, performance, positive emotional energy, positive presence, relationships, results, Strategy, uncomfortable, wellness
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Lasting Organizational Change

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

When done right, employee attitude, satisfaction and/or engagement surveys provide valuable information to the organization. Too often however, leaders do not take seriously the workplace barriers and emotional barriers identified by their employees. Corporate survey efforts become a way to…

Tagged with: attitude, barriers, behaviour, care, change, disruptive, emotional barriers, energy, engagement, performance, positive behaviours, positive presence, quality, satisfaction, strength-building, wellbeing, workplace
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Deep Emotional Connection – Is It Needed?

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

“If a leader can’t get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter.” –Gilbert Amelio, former CEO of Apple. Methods, tools, technologies, protocols, and systems do not achieve results. People…

Tagged with: accountability, change, collaboration, connection, emotional connection, energy, engagement, leader, motivation, performance, Positive Connection, positive presence, self-awareness, success, Trust
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Keeping Conflict and Confrontation Constructive

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Everyone faces it — conflict and confrontation. It cannot be avoided in today’s fast-paced workplace … but it doesn’t have to be a negative experience. We can choose it to be, well if not positive, at least constructive. The first…

Tagged with: behavioral, collaboration, conflict, Confrontation, connection, constructive, energy, mindset, negativity, performance, positive outcome, positive presence, purposeful, relationships, solutions, stress
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The New ‘Lean’ Is All About Behaviour!

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

After the Second World War, the Japanese economy was in ruins. The American economy on the other hand was booming. As a result, a number of leading quality management gurus (Deming and Juran) travelled to Japan to share their teachings.…

Tagged with: behavior, behaviour, change, coherent, disruptive, employees, energy, environment, feelings, Flexibility, habits, improvement strategy, knowledge-based, Negative, patterns, positive, positive presence, productive, smoothness, synergy, thoughts, toxic, value
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The Science of Gratitude

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Gratitude is getting a great deal of attention these days within the realm of positive psychology. Studies show that gratitude not only can be deliberately cultivated, but can increase levels of well-being and happiness among those who do cultivate it.…

Tagged with: Appreciation, brain health, empathy, energy, gratefulness, Gratitude, mental state, optimism, positive emotions, positive presence, positive psychology, relationships, thankful, virtuous cycle, well-being
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New Learning for Connection

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

In the developed world, our organizations are now composed primarily of knowledge workers– people who are highly educated and experts in their individual fields, and who need each other’s mind and skill in order to achieve organizational goals. These people…

Tagged with: barriers, behavioural skills, cognitive, cognitive behaviour, collaboration, conduits, connectivity, coordination, decision, energy, engagement, information, knowledge workers, leadership, neurosciences, positive presence, relationships
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An Audacious Idea

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

At Corporate Harmony.ca we have a Moonshot, an “audacious idea”. Our Vision is to eliminate bad stress from every workplace around the globe and in doing so turn the tide on the neglect of mental health on a global scale.…

Tagged with: audacious idea, development business, education, energy, healthcare, higher education, leadership development, manufacturing, mental health, philosophy, positive presence, professional development, public service, skillset, Strategy, stress, transportation, vision, workplace
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Understanding Your Behaviour

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

Research in the neurosciences has shown there is a continuous looping and re-looping of energy both positive and negative, between a person’s two dominant human energy fields — the heart and the brain. It is this looping and re-looping of…

Tagged with: behaviour, brain, energy, feelings, heart, human energy, neurosciences, organizational synergy, personality, Personality profiling, personality type, positive energy, positive presence, synergy, thoughts
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