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Can You Embrace Change?

Posted on October 15, 2024 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…

Tagged with: attitude, change, change-resistance, chaos, complex, disruptive, emotional energy, front lines, mindset, organizational systems, positive presence, public service, relationships, resilience, Resistance, stress, stress response, wellness
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The Emotional Dimension of Performance

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Human emotions are as complex as they are varied. In a span of one day, we all experience a significant number of emotional highs and lows. An average person in a high-stress environment may experience even more. Emotions do not…

Tagged with: behaviour, complex, Emotional, Emotions, high-stress environment, Human emotions, human energy, influential leader, innate, inspire, negative energies, performance, positive presence, relationships
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The Professionally Artful Apology

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

At the heart of sustaining highly effective relationships is the skill of expressing a professionally artful apology. There are various excuses people give for refusing to apologize for inappropriate, disrespectful, rude, and a host of other more toxic behaviours. Whatever…

Tagged with: apology, behaviours, culture, inappropriate behaviour, performance, positive presence, relationships, self-awareness
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Oh, That Bad Behaviour!

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Far too many people are unaware of how they are perceived by family, friends, and professional colleagues. We all know, and it is easy for us to recognize, other people with bad habits, and disturbing, and disruptive behaviours. The harder…

Tagged with: brain, careers, Creativity, culture, discrimination, disruptive behaviours, emotion, energy, habits, harassment, Knowledge, Negative, performance engagement, positive presence, productive, profession, relationships
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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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A New Leadership Awareness

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Today’s knowledge-based organizations require highly educated individuals to bring their specialisms and experience together with others for a common goal of meeting organizational strategy and objectives. Predictably, these organizations are facing unique challenges. Not only do they require a clearly…

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The Jerk at Work

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

No one wants to work with the proverbial jerk at work. These people are disruptive to performance and productivity and are now making their organizations targets for lawsuits. Note that performance failure typically is not the result of the absence…

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The Power of Habit

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Changing our behaviour is not something we like to do. We lack the willingness to change even when we have the knowledge and the capability to do so. We lack the willingness to change even when we know doing so…

Tagged with: behaviour, change, culture, disruptive behaviour, habits, neuroscience, performance, positive presence, relationships, self-awareness, self-reflection
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The Secret to Behaviour in a Performance Driven Culture

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

There is a fundamental truth about organizational performance. The majority of people you know, yourself included, have a legitimate need for highly effective, functional relationships – personal, familial, and professional. It is actually these relationships that make us human and…

Tagged with: accountability, attitudes, behaviour, continuous improvement, culture, feedback, habits, mutual respect, neuroscience, performance, positive presence, relationships, responsibility, self-awareness, values
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