In the developed world, our organizations are now composed primarily of knowledge workers– people who are highly educated and experts in their individual fields, and who need each other’s mind and skill in order to achieve organizational goals. These people…
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Self-Awareness: The Basic Competency
In our ever-increasing competitive business climate, organizations continue to seek any advantage that will give them edge on their competition. Many have found that one solution is to improve their leadership culture. To do that you must begin with self-awareness…
Tagged with: behaviour, beliefs, credibility, culture, Emotions, inspiring traits, leadership, mindset, organizational performance, performance, positive, positive presence, preferences, qualities, success, Trust, values
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The Five Domains of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
In leadership development we hear a lot about Emotional Intelligence (or EQ). In his 1995 book “Emotional Intelligence”, Daniel Goleman brought the concept of emotional intelligence (EQ) to the mainstream of business theory. The key premise of EQ is it…
Tagged with: awareness, behaviour types, conflict, continuity, emotional intelligence, Emotions, EQ, feelings, harmony, leadership, positive, positive human energy, productive, relationships, stress, successful, thoughts
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Be the Leader People Want to Follow
In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. Middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of authority providing neither effective leadership nor effective management. The issue is not change resistance.…
Tagged with: active listening, change, collaboration, communication, connection, followership, goals, leadership, management, objectives, performance, positive emotional connection, productivity, purpose, team
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Trust and Collaboration
No other aspect of effective leadership is more apparent than the loss of trust through bad behaviour. Building and sustaining trust is critical to accomplishing tasks, achieving goals and creating a performance driven culture. This is true for any enterprise,…
Tagged with: Achievement, behaviour, collaboration, collaborative, commitment, credibility, Influential leaders, interpersonal, leadership, operational, passion, peak performance, performance capacity, performance driven culture, Trust
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Why Great Leaders are Unforgettable – and Bad Leaders Too!
You have probably heard the saying, “A truly great leader is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget.” The same adage holds for bad leaders too, at least the “impossible to forget” part. Did you ever…
Tagged with: behaviour, brain, EEM, emotion, employee engagement, experiential emotional memory, hippocampus, leaders, leadership, neurochemical, neuroscience, pattern recognition, performance, positive, positive behaviour, positive presence, relationships, rewire, thinking
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The Intrinsic Nature of Leadership
There are four fundamental aspects of behaviour patterns: (1) executing (driver), (2) influencing (persuader), (3) strategic thinking (analyzer), and (4) relationship building, (stabilizer). With a fundamental understanding of the four aspects of behaviour patterns and how they affect connection, collaboration,…
Tagged with: behaviour, behaviour strengths, change, Character, collaboration, commitment, competence, connection, emotional capacity, engagement, leadership, positive presence
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Domains of Leadership Strength
John Maynard Keyes wrote, “The hardest thing is not to get people to accept new ideas; it is to get them to forget the old ones.” Change, increased complexity, and chaos are constants in our knowledge and technology driven world.…
Tagged with: behaviour patterns, behaviour strengths, chaos, collaboration, complexity, connection, leadership, neuroscientists, peak performance, performance, positive presence, relationships, thinking pattern
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Connecting Behaviour to Performance
The belief 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 is to begin to focus not on the technical elements and…
Tagged with: behaviour, behaviour based feedback, behaviour development, culture, employee engagement, leadership, organizational performance, positive presence, thinking
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Why Leadership Efforts Fail
Go online, stroll through a bookstore, attend another training workshop or seminar and you will see that the topic of leadership is everywhere. We talk about it in political terms, business, sports, and tax-exempt organizations. People are captivated and confused…