A Culture Built For Performance
People do not quit their jobs. They quit their leader – the boss. Ineffective leaders breed ineffective followers, and performance and productivity suffer as a result. With a positive, emotional…
Are You Paying Attention
Here is the simple truth: Employees can tell the difference between authentic leaders and those who are simply trying to fake it to make it. This distinction is apparent in…
We Get What We Create
Sigmund Freud, so the story goes, went to his grave perplexed by the question “What do women want?” I wonder if it ever occurred to Freud to simply ask a…
How Strong is your Leadership Foundation?
Following are three foundational skills sets that need to be strongly embedded in every leader in order to achieve performance excellence: 1.Develop a Learner’s Attitude Success in every dimension of…
The Behaviour/Performance Connection
There is a knowledge gap among leaders who lack a deep understanding of the critical role they play between themselves and the behaviour strengths of their employees. People connect and…
How Do You Influence Others?
Sometimes you cannot articulate why you like or dislike someone’s behaviour, because often your internal preferences are unconscious. Behaviour preference or style, aka social/communication style, has been around for decades.…
Leadership Development in Today’s World
A number of factors contribute to the failure of leadership development programs today. Among these is the limited participation by senior leadership in the training and in holding people accountable…
How Hard Is Change?
Changing behaviour is not something that comes easy for most people. Generally, being human means you lack the willingness to change even when you have the knowledge and the capability…
Why Effective Communication Matters
Remember that communication starts and stops all collaborations. We cannot begin to collaborate without effective and functional conversations. Of greatest importance is for team members to be able to share…
The ‘Quick-Test’ of Engagement
All leaders we must realize that for people to truly follow your lead, they first must believe that you, as their leader, have their best interests at heart. This belief…