What Culture Says About You as a Leader
Gone are the days when a paycheck, the employee of the month award, and the gold watch at retirement were sufficient motivators for people to perform at their best or…
Relationship Killers
Collaboration in any organization requires three elements – effective communication, a cooperative attitude, and integrated teams. All three of these elements are based on the principles of human factors psychology…
The Skill of Positive Presence
Leaders that have high-level skills in Positive Presence™ and the Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies of Influential Leadership, are very aware when there is a lack of accountability and therefore behave…
Accountability as a Visible Practice
In a collaborative culture with an influential leader that is skilled in Positive Presence™, accountability is a visible practice. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are…
How Accurate is Your Shot?
Periodically, when serving in titled positions of leadership, it is imperative to self-evaluate your behaviour performance as a means of staying focused and on target to getting the right things…
Is Your Workplace Cooperative?
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…
The Emotional Bank – How Wealthy Are You?
Self-examination reveals many things, including your level of sincerity, which is a trait all enlightened leaders share. Sincerity is synonymous with genuineness, honesty, and authenticity. In his best-selling book, The…
Emotional Connection – The Three Points of Contact
A leader’s emotional awareness is important because employees relate to their leaders on an emotional level in several ways: First, how employees feel (e.g., awed, intimidated, indifferent, impressed) about their…
Emotional Awareness – Are You?
Twenty years ago, the idea of emotions having an impact on personal and professional success, productivity and performance was given a new name: emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence (EI), first defined…
Behaviour Accountability
This is the most challenging aspect of the coaching and counseling process: To adequately acknowledge the need to change behaviour, a person must be compelled to search for, examine and…