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How Do You Influence Others?

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: agile, behaviour, communication, energized emotions, flexible, habits, influence, Influential leaders, inspire, leadership, motivate, performance, positive, positive connections, positive presence, unconscious
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The Emotional Dimension of Performance

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Human emotions are as complex as they are varied. In a span of one day, we all experience a significant number of emotional highs and lows. An average person in a high-stress environment may experience even more. Emotions do not…

Tagged with: behaviour, complex, Emotional, Emotions, high-stress environment, Human emotions, human energy, influential leader, innate, inspire, negative energies, performance, positive presence, relationships
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Are You a Boss Or a Leader?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery said that, “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” If you desire to have a stronger, more productive organization where your…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, Boss, commitment, confidence, develop, Emotional, engagement, enthusiasm, grow, inspire, leader, leadership, listening, objectives, performance, productive, purpose, Trust, understand
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Is Your Workplace Cooperative?

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Cooperation is the act of participating, contributing, or helping to advance or accomplish a goal. It is similar to collaboration in that cooperation requires the input of many people. It is different from collaboration in that those involved in cooperation…

Tagged with: attitude, behaviour, caregivers, change, collaboration, Competition, conflict, cooperation, Emotional, encouragement, executives, inspire, leaders, mental model, mindset, mission, motivation, nurses, physicians, positive attitude
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Role Modeling

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

“Leaders lead”, as the old saying goes. This is a simplistic view of what leaders actually do; it does not take into account the fact that not everything a leader does is worth following. So let’s revise this saying to…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, change, concern, evaluation, focused, honest, inspire, negative outcome, performer, position, productive, question, rank, responsibilities, transparency
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