Influential leaders almost always are highly dissatisfied with ‘status quo’. They are unwilling to allow preventable pain and suffering to continue needlessly. They are unwilling to waste precious resources and to settle for second-rate productivity and financial performance. Volition enables…
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Say No to the Status Quo
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The Biology of Change
What makes people, who possess knowledge about what they need to do to actually improve their performance, alter and change their behaviour? The answer is volition- a purposeful, intentional choice. People choose to change their behaviour when they have a…
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The Performance Power of Your Presence
Never doubt the impact on performance marked by your presence as a leader. You are, without a doubt, ridiculously in charge of the production and wellbeing of every person you lead, and ultimately, the destiny of your organization. And, without…
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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, and they disengage from the culture and all initiatives. They…
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The Road to an Energized Workforce
The ground-breaking revelations coming from brain science and neuroscience are emphasizing the impact of human energy on, not only organizational culture, but also on the health and productivity of our workforce. These findings cannot be ignore, and in fact, in…
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Leaders Must Say No to the Status Quo
Leaders today need to be highly dissatisfied with the status quo. They must be unwilling to allow preventable pain and suffering to continue needlessly. They must be unwilling to waste precious resources and to settle for second-rate productivity and financial…
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From Conviction to Volition
Austrian physician Ignaz Semmelweis discovered in the 1850’s that hand washing was the number one means of preventing the spread of infection between care providers and their patients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and…
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The New ‘Lean’ Is All About Behaviour!
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.…
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Learning from HeartMath
Well over 20 years ago Doc Childre and a group of 30 researchers and entrepreneurs gathered to explore the connection between the metaphorical and physical heart, and in 1991 they formed the Institute of HeartMath (IHM) as a nonprofit research…
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The Mental Muscle of Attention
The technological revolution of the 21st century has rendered time management ideas and skills of the past obsolete. The saying that “Time can’t be managed – it just is” has never been more true … and in today’s age of…
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