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Three Skill Sets to Drive Your Leadership Performance

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

There is nothing more destructive to an organization than a leader who is out of touch. You have to remain relevant. There is no doubt our world has changed; a lot of it for the better. Our workforces have also…

Tagged with: behaviour performance, change, effective relationships, employee engagement, humility, Leadership Performance, Learner’s Attitude, positive presence, Selflessness, supportive connections
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The Power Performance in Your People

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

The business and professional climates in which we work remain increasingly competitive. Each day competitive markets grow as technology spans the vast array of global industries. These rapidly changing environments are causing ambiguities and confusion about the roles and responsibilities…

Tagged with: Adaptability, ambiguities, behaviour capacity, competitive environment, confusion, Creativity, Flexibility, Influential leaders, performance, positive presence, time constrained
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The Generationally Diverse Workforce

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

For the first time in history there are five generations of people in the workforces of modern developed countries – silent or traditional (born before 1946), baby boomers, (born approximately between 1946 and 1964), generation X (born approximately between 1965…

Tagged with: Baby boomers, core beliefs, emotionally aware, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z, generationally diverse, positive presence, Traditionalists
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The Value of Behaviour Style

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

As a human you are a complex manufacturing plant for electro-magnetic neuro-chemical energy. Positive emotions exist in positive energy. Your energy is nothing more than your thoughts and feelings which manifest into the physical world as behaviour. As you develop…

Tagged with: agile, behavioral style, emotionally aware, flexible, Influential leaders, influential leadership, mental patterns, performance, positive connections, positive energy, positive presence, such as hap, unconscious
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The Seven Employee Needs

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

Many leaders are unaware of the needs and concerns of their workforce. Unmet needs produce strong negative feelings and resentment. These employees become complainers, cynics, and faultfinders. They resist change, and they disengage from the culture and all initiatives. They…

Tagged with: accountability, Achievement, ambiguous, Appreciation, belonging, Challenge, complex, Control, Growth, inclusion, Learning, Meaning, positive emotional fulfillment, positive presence, Power, purpose, Recognition, Trust
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Understanding Emotional Needs Today

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal title or role) who possess the mind and behaviour habits that create positive and energized emotions within themselves and around them. They are emotionally aware leaders, and they actively seek information…

Tagged with: behaviour, commitment, emotional connection, emotionally aware, Herzberg’s theory, hygiene factors, Hygiene Theory, Influential leaders, motivation, motivation factors, performance, positive presence, productivity
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The Four Traits of Emotionally Aware Leaders

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

As we leave the technological era and move through the knowledge era and into the next, the makeup and definition of a good leader evolves as well. Research and experts have identified at least four additional traits to the hallmark…

Tagged with: emotional connection, emotional control, emotional reaction, hallmark traits, Influential leaders, inspirational, knowledge era, Mental Presence, Negative, positive presence, Responsiveness
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Emotional Awareness – Where Are You?

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

Authenticity, humility, honesty, and courage are hallmark leadership traits that research has attributed to a leader’s emotional awareness. In today’s knowledge economy in which the majority of your workforce is made up of knowledge workers – those people whose jobs…

Tagged with: Authenticity, behaviour, brain, courage, crisis, emotional awareness, emotional intelligence, engagement, honesty, humility, knowledge economy, knowledge workers, negative emotions, performance, positive presence, relationships
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LEADING HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION THROUGH CHAOS

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

Let’s face it, if we are not changing, chances are we’re not alive. Resistance to change is normal and natural. You see, the minute your brain realizes you are moving out of your ‘comfort zone’…it automatically sets off the famous…