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Negativity – The Greatest Threat to Success

In the knowledge-based economy it is the first time in human history that a ‘hard day’s work’ is not ‘hard’ in the physical sense, but instead it is the employee’s brain that’s being worked — it is their ‘mind,’ that

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A Leaders Playbook

Throughout the college football season, we can glean many valuable leadership behaviour lessons that are so applicable to the work we do at The Frisina Group and The Center for Influential Leadership. Thinking of behaviour and its critical link to

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Making the People Connection

The greatest of all leaders understand that methods, tools, technologies, protocols, and systems do not achieve results. People do. Therefore, it is people not processes, with whom organizational leaders must form a long-lasting, positive, emotional connection. This connection is actually

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How Leaders Create Culture

The ancient Greek aphorism, “Know Thyself,” can be attributed most notably to the philosopher Socrates, however, for the more modern generation of folks you are probably familiar with its Latin version that hung above the Oracle’s door in the Matrix

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The Way to a Culture of Engagement

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

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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 life is related to your ability to connect with others.

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The Performance Power In Your People

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

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The Generationally Diverse Workforce

A relatively new phenomenon in today’s workforce in all developed counties is the presence of five generations of people – silent or traditional (born before 1946), baby boomers, (born approximately between 1946 and 1964), generation X (born approximately between 1965

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Influential Leadership Behaviours in Today’s World

A critical problem in management generally is scarcity of leaders who possess the necessary ‘Influential Leadership’ behaviours (the ‘mechanics’ or ‘tactical capacity’) that propel organizations to greatness and guide them through significant challenges. There are plenty of managers and leaders

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A New Leadership Mindset

Successful leadership of the future will require a complete culture shift to a new leadership mindset of connectivity. In the developed world, our organizations are now composed primarily of knowledge workers– educated people who are experts in their individual fields,

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