The presence of highly developed positive neuronal connections among leaders and team members does not mean the absence of conflict and confrontation. On the contrary, a culture that embraces collaboration and connection welcomes constructive conflict and confrontation. The operative word…
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Taking Advantage of Conflict and Confrontation
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Emotional Awareness – Where Are You?
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
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, health, health care, healthcare, mindset, organizational systems, positive presence, public service, relationships, resilience, stress, stress response, wellness
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Emotions at work – A Simple Strategy
Emotionally aware leaders understand their own (and, by extension, their employees) emotional triggers. Emotional triggers are people, events, conditions, or experiences that arouse intense negative reactions. Incompetence, micromanagement, constantly missing or incomplete information, arrogant and superior attitude, lack of communication,…
Tagged with: emotional patterns, emotional reactions, Emotions, health, leaders, mental models, neurosciences, performance, relationships, Strategy, triggers
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LEADING CHANGE THROUGH CHAOS
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
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…
The Artful Apology
At the heart of sustaining highly effective relationships is the skill of expressing an 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 the…
The Cost of No Change
Changing behaviour is not something we like to do. Generally, being human means we lack the willingness to change even when we have the knowledge and the capability to do so. In fact, we lack the willingness to change even…
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Six Behaviour Attitudes of Enlightened Leadership
It is a known fact that when people are engaged positively with their leader they are more likely to be engaged in their work. Enlightened leaders succeed where other leaders fail because they perform at a higher level, are more…
The Social Skills of Leadership
To be human means you need relationships which in turn necessitate social ability. Winning social behaviours are well documented, and according to Stanford Social Innovation Review, social competencies can be learned and developed with practice, the same way a 20…
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