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Are You Exercising Your Mind?

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Meditation is actually exercise for the mind and trains the mind to be present and go beyond all thought – strengthening the muscle of the mind by placing focus on the present. Where we focus is a choice and with…

Tagged with: awareness, brain, Emotions, empathy, exercise, happy hormones, meditation, mind, positive presence, present, relationship, well-being
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Meditation for Workplace Wellness

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Benefits of workplace meditation are becoming increasingly clear. Participants feel less depressed and less emotionally exhausted, and above all, less stressed. We have figured out every possible way to exercise our physical body … the next frontier is our mind…

Tagged with: brain, emotional resilience, exercise, meditation, overload, positive emotions, positive presence, prefrontal cortex, stress reduction, wellness
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Are You Motivated to Change?

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Practicing self-awareness and identifying your behaviour strengths will help you manage your behaviour choices and help you to form effective collaborations. These are the key steps to becoming an effective leader. Achieving the goal of effective leadership requires daily practice…

Tagged with: Achievement, behaviour, behaviour strengths, change, collaborations, effectiveness, leadership, performance, positive presence, self-awareness, success
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Mindfulness for Stress Release

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

The complexity, ambiguity and relentless pace of today’s pandemic driven world places gigantic demands on business leaders in every industry. Leaders are working incredibly hard and yet feel that they are not meeting their own expectations of excellence. They are…

Tagged with: ambiguity, change, complexity, Creativity, emotional intelligence, energized, engagement, focus, mental health, mindfulness, neuroscience, positive presence, Stability, strategic-thinking, stress, thoughts
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What is Your Leadership Strength?

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Have you ever wondered why you choose to behave a certain way? To help answer this question, Tom Rath and Barry Conchie have classified leadership strengths into four domains: (1) executing (driver), (2) influencing (persuader), (3) strategic thinking (analyzer), and…

Tagged with: awareness, behaviour, behaviour preference, collaboration, connection, leadership, performance, positive presence, relationships, strength, success
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Learning from HeartMath

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Well over 20 years ago Doc Childre and a group of 30 researchers and entrepreneurs gathered to explore the connection between the metaphorical and physical heart, and in 1991 they formed the Institute of HeartMath (IHM) as a nonprofit research…

Tagged with: anxiety, Autonomic Nervous System, coherence, consciousness, culture, Emotional, feelings, health, HeartMath, mental, performance, positive presence, productivity, stress, success, synergy, thoughts, torus, wellbeing
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Focus On Behaviour, Not Technical Skills

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

It is behaviour and relationship skills that bring out the technical competencies and enable the job of a leader to be done well. At higher levels of leadership (e.g., chief executives), technical skills are even less important than good behaviour…

Tagged with: behaviour, collaborative, connective, greatness, leader, performance, positive presence, relationship, relationships, self-aware
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New Learning for Connection

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: barriers, behavioural skills, cognitive, cognitive behaviour, collaboration, conduits, connectivity, coordination, decision, energy, engagement, information, knowledge workers, leadership, neurosciences, positive presence, relationships
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Communication – The KPI for Collaboration

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Much of the communication in today’s organizations entails an exchange, wherein all parties involved must act as both giver and recipient of information. This exchange ensures that the information is received and the recipient has an opportunity to express agreement,…

Tagged with: collaboration, collaborations, communication, connectivity, exchange, human, intent, language, Learning, organizations, overload, performance, positive, positive presence, Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies, positivity, socialness, stress
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Self-Awareness: The Basic Competency

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

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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