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Accountability for Collaborative Success

Accountability must be a visible practice In creating an organization that is built for collaborative success. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are aware of the organization’s purpose, mission, vision, values, and how they fit into

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The Way to a Culture of Engagement

It has been said many times in a variety of ways and deserves repeating here: people never connect to the organization’s mission and vision until they first connect with their leader. Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal

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You Are An Influential Leader

Whether you are in a formal role of leader or not, you are always an influential leader. Influential leaders understand that how they think and behave affects the way they lead. They must be committed to all kinds of improvement

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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 aware of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and how they

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Correcting Your Zero

You’ve maybe heard the saying “Correcting Your Zero”. It refers to a starting point and sight-adjustment for rifle marksmanship. In essence, at the organizational level we have a misaligned zero of personal performance revealed by the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of

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A People Culture is the Heart of Performance

A number of thoughtful people have said many times, in a variety of ways, and it deserves repeating here: “People never connect and commit to an organization’s mission and vision until they first connect and commit to its leaders. Influential

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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 is different from collaboration in that those involved in cooperation

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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 success. Collaboration plays a key role in connection and is

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The Human Factor

Improving the performance of an organization requires improving the behavioural performance of all of its people at a cultural level. An organization cannot become what its people are not. Simply stated, conforming behaviours within a collaborative culture really matter. It

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A New Culture of Accountability

Integrated teams, functioning in a culture of accountability, are the performance driver of choice in today’s high performing organizations. Research has demonstrated the superiority of group decision making over that of even the most single, talented individual. There is one

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