If you are a senior leader, you have to ask yourself, how committed am I to real change in my organization and what am I doing to create that change? Senior leaders create strategic vision and objectives for the organization.…
If you are a senior leader, you have to ask yourself, how committed am I to real change in my organization and what am I doing to create that change? Senior leaders create strategic vision and objectives for the organization.…
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 other person perceives every one of your interpersonal exchanges and…
The greatest of all leaders understand that methods, tools, technologies, protocols, and systems do not achieve results. People do. Therefore, it is people not processes, with whom organizational leaders must form a long-lasting, positive, emotional connection. This connection is actually…
A fundamental principle, what one might call a natural law, is that people choose to act and behave based on what they believe to be true about how they see the world around them. Neuroscience research substantiates this claim. The…
To better illustrate the concept of behavioural preference or style, the following is a brief description of the four categories, using the style names as developed by the Larry Wilson Learning System: Style 1. Driver. A driver is assertive, interrupts…
Sometimes you cannot articulate why you like or dislike someone’s behaviour, because often your internal preferences are unconscious. Behaviour preference or style, aka social/communication style, has been around for decades. Basically, everyone falls into one of four styles, frequently set…
Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal title or role) who possess the mind and behaviour habits that create positive and energized emotions within themselves and around them. They are emotionally aware leaders, and they actively seek information…
Far too many people are unaware of how they are perceived by family, friends, and professional colleagues. We all know, and it is easy for us to recognize, other people with bad habits, and disturbing, and disruptive behaviours. The harder…
Changing our behaviour is not something we like to do. We lack the willingness to change even when we have the knowledge and the capability to do so. We lack the willingness to change even when we know doing so…
There is a fundamental truth about organizational performance. The majority of people you know, yourself included, have a legitimate need for highly effective, functional relationships – personal, familial, and professional. It is actually these relationships that make us human and…