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Are Your Connections Positive or Negative?

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Relationships, by their nature, require constant and consistent tending. The quality of care you put into these relationships translates into either a negative or a positive experience. That is, the other person perceives every one of your interpersonal exchanges and…

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The Principle of Followership

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s professional world, people are craving effective leadership. What maybe misattributed as generational gaps is that everywhere, middle level managers and their team members are overburdened and uninspired by individuals holding titled positions of leadership providing neither effective leadership…

Tagged with: awareness, change, collaboration, communication, compassionate, connection, Emotions, empathic, focus, followership, goals, leader, leadership, listening, management, objectives, performance, positive presence, relationships, self-talk, team
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The Way to a Culture of Engagement

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

It has been said many times in a variety of ways and deserves repeating here: people never connect to the organization’s mission and vision until they first connect with their leader. Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal…

Tagged with: behaviour habits, collaboration, compassion, connect, connection, culture, Emotions, engagement, Excellence, Hope, initiative, leader, manager, mindset, mission, performance, positive presence, relationships, responsibility, results, safety, skillsets, strengths, success, team building, Trust, vision
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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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Taking Advantage of Conflict and Confrontation

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

All great relationships require constructive conflict and confrontation to grow and thrive. Influential leaders orchestrate the culture in which people can be energized, engaged, and fully aware of their meaningful contributions to the enterprise. Much of the personal and organizational…

Tagged with: behaviour, conflict, Confrontation, culture, energized, engaged, Growth, leaders, mindset, positive presence, prosperity, purpose, relationships, thought habits
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Are You In Touch as a Leader?

Posted on May 6, 2025 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: adapt, behaviour, leader, leadership, norms, organization, performance, positive change, positive presence, relationships, team
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Leader Connection Builds Culture

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Just as technology has increased the borders of our markets, it has also increased competition for the best and brightest employees. Employees today seek to work for a company and leaders with whom they feel proud to be associated and…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, Competition, culture, engagement, influence, leaders, positive presence, relationships, responsibility, satisfaction, talents, team, values, workplace culture
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The Performance Power In Your People

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

The business and professional climates in which you 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: ambiguities, change, competitive environment, emotional health, emotional intelligence, engagement, focus, global, influential, initiative, innovation, leader, leaders, mental, neurosciences, performance, physical health, positive presence, productivity, relationships, solutions, Strategy, success, teamwork
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What’s Your Style?

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Identifying your own and being aware of others’ behavioural style will contribute to your leadership success in several ways. First, this recognition improves your interaction and communication with others so that your interaction with that person accomplishes its goal. For…

Tagged with: amiable and expressive, Analytical, behavioural style, communication, Driver, emotional reaction, leadership success, performance transformation, positive presence, relationships
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Emotional Awareness – How Do You Engage?

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Its important to note that, for the most part, your brain is not wired for the positive – you are actually predisposed to the negative. But, your brain can be easily taught to recognize the negative, then release the negative,…

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