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…
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It’s Behaviour that drives a People Culture
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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Connection – Be Part of the Solution (Not the Problem)
I recently had a conversation with a friend about a conversation he had with the pilot of the plane before boarding for a trip. The pilot was clearly not happy and he indicated that senior management was so detached and…
Tagged with: accomplishments, arrogance, connection, contribution, dignity, ego, feedback, leaders, organizational hierarchy, people first, positive presence, Respect, Solution
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Being ‘Teachable’
Developing the skill of Positive Presence and the Positive Presence behavior competencies results in the kind of focused mental model that opens a person up to learning or being “teachable.” Being teachable, in turn, provides the following advantages: 1. A…
Tagged with: coaches, creative thinking, feedback, focused, leaders, lifelong learners, mentors, performance, positive presence, Positive Presence behavior competencies, problem solving, teachable
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The Advantage of Conflict and Confrontation
Even constructive conflict and confrontation makes the best of us anxious for a variety of reasons that include the following: 1. Conflict and confrontation force us to be accountable. The core of a conflict or confrontation within a team is…
Tagged with: accountable, behaviour, Challenge, conflict, Confrontation, debate, dialogue, disagree, feedback, perception, relationships, team, truth
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What Your People Want
Gone are the days when a paycheck, the employee of the month award, and the gold watch at retirement were sufficient motivators for people to perform at their best or to remain loyal and dedicated to the organization. Just as…
Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brainstorming, collaboration, Communicating, Competition, connection, contributors, decision making, engagement, feedback, guidance, leaders, passions, passive producers, responsibility, Rewarding, self-awareness, Sharing, talents, team
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A Leader’s Legacy
As a licenced affiliate and certified coach of The Frisina Group’s ‘Center for Influential Leadership’ I am honoured to present the following excerpt from their April 2019 guest newsletter from the Director of The Frisina Group, Robert W. Frisina: A…
Tagged with: behaviour, conflicts, feedback, influential leader, internal changes, leadership potential, leading, legacy, managing, organizational performance, position, self-aware, self-examination, sincerity, status, success, think
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The Feedback Loop of Change
Giving and receiving feedback is probably one of life’s greatest challenges both personally and professionally. As leaders, it is critical to continually develop our capacity for both giving and receiving feedback, both positive and negative. Most would agree that giving…
Tagged with: behaviour, change, cognitive dissonance, creative thought processes, discipline, feedback, human energy, mental toughness, positive presence
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