Employee Needs – Why Should I Care?
Many organizations are at a loss when it comes to building culture. CEOs are quick to put their top leaders into a room for a couple of days, even a…
The New Leadership Paradigm
The understanding that a leader’s behaviour is the key predictor to organizational performance is a radical shift in leadership thinking. To develop a performance driven culture a key element must…
Leadership Development in Today’s World
A number of factors contribute to the failure of leadership development programs today. Among these is the limited participation by senior leadership in the training and in holding people accountable…
Performance Excellence – Continuous Improvement
When behaviour is identified as a critical piece of the performance equation – and studies of corporate success stories have proven its relevance time and time again – it means…
Performance Excellence – The Skill of Positive Presence
Unfortunately, it is not unusual to see people in management positions that are clueless about how to deal with the dysfunctional situations and behaviours -- the “people issues,” that occur…
Performance Excellence – The Influential Leader
Behind every high-performing organization is an influential leader who is keenly aware of how thought habits drive individual behaviour, and how behaviour habits affect those with whom you work. And,…
Leader Behaviour for a High Performing Culture
Arising from the research being done in the neurosciences, the idea of individual behaviour, group and team behaviour, and overall organizational behaviour has taken on a new importance. Behaviour is…
The Social Skills of Leadership
To be human means you need relationships which in turn necessitate social ability. Winning social behaviours are well documented, and according to Stanford Social Innovation Review, social competencies can be…
Connection as a Leadership Strategy
Connection increases a leader’s influence among followers. This influence spurs followers to do more – improve their behaviour, develop their skills and talents, work better and harder, seek and participate…
A Leader’s Connection
One of the most critical components, in fact, perhaps the most critical component of leadership success is the ability to connect with people. You cannot lead without connecting. Connection is…