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A Culture Built For Performance

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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 connection with your people you send a clear message that…

Tagged with: behaviour, connection, culture, human energy, Knowledge, leader, mediocrity, motivation, performance, positive, positive presence, productivity, purpose, scarcity, team, thought model
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Are You Paying Attention

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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 the way people behave and interact with others, and no…

Tagged with: attention, authentic leaders, behaviour, connect, emotional connections, engagement, goal, listening, performance, positive, positive presence, relationships, team
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We Get What We Create

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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 woman. In business, puzzled leaders do ask their employees what…

Tagged with: attitude, connections, culture, Emotional, engagement, leaders, performance, positive, positive presence, purpose, relationship, supportive, team, workplace
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How Strong is your Leadership Foundation?

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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 life is related to your ability to connect with others.…

Tagged with: adapt, care, change, connection, connections, grow, humility, Learner’s Attitude, performance, positive, positive presence, quality, Selflessness, skills, success, supportive, unproductive
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The Behaviour/Performance Connection

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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 engage with their leader before they connect and engage with…

Tagged with: behaviour strengths, Challenge, connection, engaged, Excellence, influential leader, leader behaviour, leader image, leaders, leadership, mental image, performance, performance change, positive, positive presence, relationship
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How Do You Influence Others?

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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. Basically, everyone falls into one of four styles, frequently set…

Tagged with: agile, behaviour, communication, energized emotions, flexible, habits, influence, Influential leaders, inspire, leadership, motivate, performance, positive, positive connections, positive presence, unconscious
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Leadership Development in Today’s World

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

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 for changing behaviour following the training. Limited participation signals a…

Tagged with: accountable, behaviour, benefits, collaboration, commitment, connection, culture, cynicism, development, Excellence, Growth, leadership, mindset, performance, positive, positive presence, resources
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How Hard Is Change?

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

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 to do so. In fact, many lack the willingness to…

Tagged with: behaviour, brain, change, change agent, mindset, Negative, positive, positive presence, relationships, self-reflection
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Why Effective Communication Matters

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

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 vital information without fear of experiencing intimidation, retaliation, rude, demeaning,…

Tagged with: behaviour, collaborations, communication, leaders, mindset, organization, performance, positive, positive presence, team, thought
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The ‘Quick-Test’ of Engagement

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

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 is grounded in a positive emotional connection between the leader…

Tagged with: connection, consistent, Emotional, engagement, leaders, mindset, organizational, performance, positive, productivity, sustain, workforce
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