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…
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The Leadership Time Deficit – How to Create More Time
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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Working With Stress
Stress is a relational transaction between our self and our environment during which we perceive and appraise events as threatening — in that they are over-taxing to us in some way. As leaders we must learn how to change the…
Tagged with: aptitude, behaving, behaviour, caring, Clarity, connection, culture, energized, energy, events, habits, healthy, Knowledge, leaders, mental model, over-taxing, positive, positive presence, reframe, safe, self-awareness, stress, thinking, threatening, tools
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The Jerk at Work
In a moment of self- reflection, ask yourself the following question, “Are my current habits and behaviour getting me to where I want to go?” If the answer is “No” you need to consider making some changes. Far too many…
Tagged with: behaviour, Creativity, culture, discrimination, employee engagement, habits, harassment, incompetence, jerk, performance, productivity, relationships, responsibility, toxic, unethical
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Behaviour Drives Performance Excellence
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. Here is the reality check. Few people are willing to…
Tagged with: accountability, attitudes, behaviour, change, collaborative performance, culture, habits, leaders, mindset, performance excellence, positive presence, relationships, Respect, responsibility, teams, value
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The Bottom Line of Influence
Your ability to influence as a leader is directly proportional to how you choose to lead yourself and manage the impact of your behaviour on others. A few bad habits can nullify your influence on the people who desire for…
Tagged with: authority, compassionate, culture, Emotions, empathic, habits, influence, interpersonal, leader, leadership, performance, positive, positive presence, relationship, self-awareness, strength-based, teams
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Are You Change Capable?
In today’s knowledge economy your behaviour is the most critical element in your performance, and you have the ability to manage it. If you conduct a self-examination, you will learn why and how to transform your daily routine from simply…
Tagged with: actions to improve, behaviour, change, Emotions, habits, knowledge economy, mindsets, Negative, performance, positive presence, Resistance, self-awareness, self-examination
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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.…
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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