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Keeping Conflict and Confrontation Constructive

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Everyone faces it — conflict and confrontation. It cannot be avoided in today’s fast-paced workplace … but it doesn’t have to be a negative experience. We can choose it to be, well if not positive, at least constructive. The first…

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Are You Change Capable?

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s knowledge economy your behaviour is the most critical element in your performance, and you have the ability to manage it. If you conduct a self-examination, you will learn why and how to transform your daily routine from simply…

Tagged with: actions to improve, behaviour, change, Emotions, habits, knowledge economy, mindsets, Negative, performance, positive presence, Resistance, self-awareness, self-examination
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Leaders that Hinder Connection

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

You cannot make a connection with others if you are not connected to yourself. That simple truth gets lost in the daily flurry of activity in the workplace. Even the most conscientious leaders can be blind to habits that serve…

Tagged with: barriers, behaviour, blind spots, command-and-control, connection, cooperative attitudes, efficiency, integrated teamwork, knowledge workers, leaders, performance, production, productivity, self-awareness
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Workplace Connectedness

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

As the knowledge economy evolves amidst the chaos and complexity, so too leadership, as we’ve always known it, must also evolve and change. Today’s environment of chaos and complexity rends the idea of leader as controller and guardian an impossible…

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The Five Generations

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Understanding your behaviour style and the behaviour styles of your team is invaluable today in creating high performance in your organization. Today five generations of people make up the current workforce in Canada – silent or traditional (born before 1946),…

Tagged with: Baby boomers, behaviour style, Behavioural, culture, emotional awareness, five generations, Generation Z, listening, millennial, motivating employees, performance, positive presence, team, traditional
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Life With A Purpose

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Colonel Joshua Chamberlin, an 1863 British soldier demonstrated the power of living a life of purpose. Discovering your life’s purpose stimulates volition, urging you to perform at a higher level. Performance rather than success should be the goal because success…

Tagged with: empower, Experience, grow, mission, optimism, performance, productivity, purpose, success, thinking, Trust, urgency, vision, volition
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Leaders Must Say No to the Status Quo

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Leaders today need to be highly dissatisfied with the status quo. They must be unwilling to allow preventable pain and suffering to continue needlessly. They must be unwilling to waste precious resources and to settle for second-rate productivity and financial…

Tagged with: behaviour, belief, benefits, cause, change, conviction, Experience, feelings, innovation, mindset, performance, positive presence, productivity, purpose, urgency
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From Conviction to Volition

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

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 for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and…

Tagged with: behaviour, biology, change, change-resistance, Desirability, dissatisfaction, Emotional, Experience, feelings, Innovative thinking, intentional choice, Knowledge, neurotransmitters, performance, psychology, purposeful, satisfaction, volition
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Making the Connection

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Relationships, by their nature, require constant and consistent tending. The quality of the care you put into these relationships translates into either a negative or positive experience. That is, the other person perceives every one of your interactions as good…

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You Cannot Lead Them If You Don’t Love Them

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

All new leaders must realize that for people to truly follow your lead, they first must believe that you, as their leader have their very best interests at heart. This belief is grounded in a positive emotional connection between the…

Tagged with: behaviour, care, communities, compassion, culture, entrepreneurs, leadership, leader’s words, love, performance, positive emotional connection, Power, productivity, servant-leader
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