A Culture Built For Performance
People do not quit their jobs. They quit their leader – the boss. Ineffective leaders breed ineffective followers, and performance and productivity suffer as a result. With a positive, emotional…
Oh, That Bad Behaviour!
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…
People Behaviour – the Key To Collaboration
While dysfunctional behaviour is often chalked up to human nature, particularly if it occurs only occasionally, it is nonetheless a signal that a larger problem likely exists. In other words,…
Collaboration as a Performance Improvement Strategy
Collaboration is a partnership between people and or groups intended to generate a product or achieve a singular objective that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. Collaboration tends to…
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…
What is a Collaborative Team?
As leaders, we need to focus on forming teams that can perform amid the complexity and chaos of today’s work environment –a team whose members have behavioural competencies, including interpersonal…
The 3-C’s of Connection
Collaboration, Communication and Cooperation – these are the 3-C’s of Connection. Mastering connection within today’s integrated teams does not just happen – but it is necessary for high performance and…
From Conviction to Volition
Austrian physician Ignaz Semmelweis discovered in the 1850’s that hand washing was the number one means of preventing the spread of infection between care providers and their patients. The Centers…
Collaboration as a Performance Improvement Strategy
Collaboration is a partnership between people and or groups intended to generate a product or achieve a singular objective that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. Collaboration tends to…