It is a known fact that when people are engaged positively with their leader they are more likely to be engaged in their work. Enlightened leaders succeed where other leaders fail because they perform at a higher level, are more…
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The Feedback Loop of Change
When we understand that cognitive dissonance (the uncomfortable feelings that accompany the perception of contradictory information, and the mental toll of it) is in essence a biological reaction to the way feedback is delivered to us, then we are in…
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Feedback and Your Skill of Positive Presence
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…
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Understanding Your Behaviour
Research in the neurosciences has shown there is a continuous looping and re-looping of energy both positive and negative, between a person’s two dominant human energy fields — the heart and the brain. It is this looping and re-looping of…
Tagged with: behaviour, brain, energy, feelings, heart, human energy, neurosciences, organizational synergy, personality, Personality profiling, personality type, positive energy, positive presence, synergy, thoughts
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High-Performance Behaviour
Research and personal experiences are telling us that the phenomenon of ‘re-wiring’ through the neuro-plasticity of your brain is easier than it may sound. In fact anyone with a keen self-awareness and some really good coaching can, through their conscious…
Tagged with: behaviour, brain, brain-power, change, coaching, complexity, efficiency, energized, human energy, neuro-plasticity, neuroscientists, positive emotional energy, positive feelings, positive presence, productivity, self-awareness
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Why We Behave the Way We Do
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…
The Behaviour Element of Performance Excellence
Performance can be illustrated by this simple formula: Performance= technical skill x behavioural skill. In high-risk industries, such as health care delivery, an imbalance between these two elements of performance (technical skill and behavioural skill) can result in poor work…
Tagged with: accountable, ambiguous, awareness, behaviour, behaviour habits, challenges, complex, development, dysfunctional behaviours, Excellence, human behaviours, human energy, influential leader, leadership positions, motivation, outcomes, performance, positive presence, thought habits, training
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The Five Basic Leader Behaviour Skills
At the heart of organizational performance and a performance driven culture is performance at the individual level – and more specifically, individual leader behaviour skills. To help you reframe and refocus your thinking on behaviour competency to drive performance, consider…
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What Worked Then, Won’t Work Now!
The prevalence of knowledge workers and the knowledge workforce is actually less than three decades old, and we all know change is mostly slow and painful. But the truth of the matter is what worked for success in the 1990’s…
Tagged with: ambiguity, behaviour, chaos, collaboration, complexity, connection, culture, human energy, integrated team, knowledge work, knowledge workers, knowledge workforce, mindset, Performance management, team, work-group dynamics
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Six Behaviour Attitudes of Enlightened Leadership
It is a known fact that when people are engaged positively with their leader they are more likely to be engaged in their work. Enlightened leaders succeed where other leaders fail because they perform at a higher level, are more…