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A Leaders Playbook

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Throughout the college football season, we can glean many valuable leadership behaviour lessons that are so applicable to the work we do at The Frisina Group and The Center for Influential Leadership. Thinking of behaviour and its critical link to…

Tagged with: Achievement, analysis, behaviour, brain, emotional energy, focus, interpersonal relationships, leadership, lower brain fear, performance, Performance management, positive presence, stress, success, team
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The Principle of Followership

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: awareness, change, collaboration, communication, compassionate, connection, Emotions, empathic, focus, followership, goals, leader, leadership, listening, management, objectives, performance, positive presence, relationships, self-talk, team
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Change Behaviour for Culture Change

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Changing behaviour is a challenge, even when not doing so means lost business, bankruptcy, the demise of a company, or harming other people. By the same token, changing a workplace culture that is dysfunctional or toxic will only occur by…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, commitment, culture, employee engagement, focus, human energy, leaders, leadership, positive presence
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The Performance Power of Your Presence

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: ambiguous, behaviours, brain, complex, connection, emotionally intelligent, energy, fast-changing, feelings, focus, frustration, leader, overwhelm, positive presence, thoughts, wellbeing
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The Performance Power In Your People

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

The business and professional climates in which you work remain increasingly competitive. Each day competitive markets grow as technology spans the vast array of global industries. These rapidly changing environments are causing ambiguities and confusion about the roles and responsibilities…

Tagged with: ambiguities, change, competitive environment, emotional health, emotional intelligence, engagement, focus, global, influential, initiative, innovation, leader, leaders, mental, neurosciences, performance, physical health, positive presence, productivity, relationships, solutions, Strategy, success, teamwork
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The Leadership Time Deficit – How to Create More Time

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

The only way to confront the ongoing time deficit and overcome the seemingly constant demand on our time is to develop a self-awareness of how we are focusing our attention. Identifying our focus as a ‘mental muscle’ is helpful when…

Tagged with: abundance, attention, brain, Clarity, cognitive, demand, energy, focus, habits, leadership, mental muscle, positive, positive presence, scarcity, self-awareness, thoughts, time, Time Deficit
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A New Twist on Time Management

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

In to today’s era of ‘Connection’ time management ideas and skills of the past are obsolete. The saying that “Time can’t be managed – it just is” has never been more true … and in today’s age of digital convergence,…

Tagged with: attention, behaviour, cognitive, connection, convergence, deficit, development, focus, mental muscle, performance, positive presence, self-awareness, thought, time management
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Focus on Behaviour, Not Technical Skill

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

When you think about leadership attributes, is your list heavy on technical elements but light on behaviour and relationship skills.? It is a fact, that behaviour and relationship skills bring out the technical competencies and enable the job to be…

Tagged with: behaviour, collaborative, connective, feedback, focus, leadership, mediocrity, motivation, performance, relationship, self-aware, self-worth, Skill, soft skills, strategic, value
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How Accurate is Your Shot?

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Periodically, when serving in titled positions of leadership, it is imperative to self-evaluate your behaviour performance as a means of staying focused and on target to getting the right things done well. Many times we can best accomplish this self-assessment…

Tagged with: behaviour, Behaviour Competencies, development, feedback, focus, leadership, mindset, performance, positive presence, self-motivation, stress, wellbeing
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Mindfulness for Stress Release

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

The complexity, ambiguity and relentless pace of today’s pandemic driven world places gigantic demands on business leaders in every industry. Leaders are working incredibly hard and yet feel that they are not meeting their own expectations of excellence. They are…

Tagged with: ambiguity, change, complexity, Creativity, emotional intelligence, energized, engagement, focus, mental health, mindfulness, neuroscience, positive presence, Stability, strategic-thinking, stress, thoughts
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