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Influential Leadership Behaviours in Today’s World

A critical problem in management generally is scarcity of leaders who possess the necessary ‘Influential Leadership’ behaviours (the ‘mechanics’ or ‘tactical capacity’) that propel organizations to greatness and guide them through significant challenges. There are plenty of managers and leaders

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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 that behaviour skills must become part of the organizational total

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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 daily and could consume upwards of 80 percent of a

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The Professionally Artful Apology

At the heart of sustaining highly effective relationships is the skill of expressing a professionally artful apology. There are various excuses people give for refusing to apologize for inappropriate, disrespectful, rude, and a host of other more toxic behaviours. Whatever

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Effective, Functional, Professional Relationships-The Secret

There is a fundamental truth about organizational performance. The majority of people you know, yourself included, have a legitimate need for effective, functional relationships – personal, familial, and professional. It is actually these relationships that make you human and without

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A New Leadership Awareness

Today’s knowledge-based organizations require highly educated individuals to bring their specialisms and experience together with others for a common goal of meeting organizational strategy and objectives. Predictably, these organizations are facing unique challenges. Not only do they require a clearly

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The Jerk at Work

No one wants to work with the proverbial jerk at work. These people are disruptive to performance and productivity and are now making their organizations targets for lawsuits. Note that performance failure typically is not the result of the absence

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The Power of Habit

Changing our behaviour is not something we like to do. We lack the willingness to change even when we have the knowledge and the capability to do so. We lack the willingness to change even when we know doing so

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The Secret to Behaviour in a Performance Driven Culture

There is a fundamental truth about organizational performance. The majority of people you know, yourself included, have a legitimate need for highly effective, functional relationships – personal, familial, and professional. It is actually these relationships that make us human and

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A Strategic Approach To Quality Cognitive Behaviour Development

Enlightened leaders recognize the importance of self-awareness and effective collaborative relationships and they focus their efforts on building connections with the people they lead. The six behavioural attitudes of their strategic approach to quality Cognitive Behaviour Development deserve a closer

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