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A Leaders Playbook

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

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…

Tagged with: Achievement, analysis, behaviour, brain, emotional energy, focus, interpersonal relationships, leadership, lower brain fear, performance, Performance management, positive presence, stress, success, team
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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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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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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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Why Leaders Fail to Get Results

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

A fundamental principle, what one might call a natural law, is that people choose to act and behave based on what they believe to be true about how they see the world around them. Neuroscience research substantiates this claim. The…

Tagged with: accountability, assumptions, behaviour, brain, connections, habits, leaders, mindset, neuroscience, organizational objectives, performance, positive presence, results, self-aware, self-management, team
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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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Behaviour Style and Leadership Success

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

To better illustrate the concept of behavioural preference or style, the following is a brief description of the four categories, using the style names as developed by the Larry Wilson Learning System: Style 1. Driver. A driver is assertive, interrupts…

Tagged with: Amiable, Analytical, behavioural preference, behavioural style, diverse, dominant style, Driver, Expressive, goals, habits, leader, positive presence, team
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New Leadership – The Influential Leader

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

At the heart of a high-functioning integrated team in a performance driven culture, is performance at the individual level – and more specifically, ‘influential leader’ behaviour skills. Every team member is an influential leader regardless of rank or title. What’s…

Tagged with: agility, behaviour, change, chaos, collaboration, complexity, connection, culture, engaged, front line leaders, goals, human energy, knowledge work, knowledge workers, knowledge workforce, mid-management leaders, mindset, Performance management, positive presence, productive, team, uncertainty, work-group dynamics
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