Are You a Boss Or a Leader?
British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery said that, “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” If you…
The 4 Essential Leadership Skills for Followership
“To lead them you have to be with them.” In his award-winning best seller, We Were Soldiers Once and Young, Lt. General Hal Moore spoke this basic leadership lesson to…
Leader Connection Drives Performance
As a leader you are responsible for giving your people reasons to follow you. You do this by understanding what they want and need to fulfill their work requirements and…
Collaboration – Culture or Skill?
Neuroscience has proven that positive emotional energy is necessary for the kind of behaviour that fosters collaboration. That kind of behaviour skill requires not only a huge amount of self-awareness…
Relationship Killers
Collaboration in any organization requires three elements – effective communication, a cooperative attitude, and integrated teams. All three of these elements are based on the principles of human factors psychology…
It’s Behaviour that drives a People Culture
Knowing how to create and sustain highly functional teams is a leader’s duty. Team building is the product of understanding human behaviour not technical skill. Leaders must focus on behaviour…
Collaboration is the Key!
Research evidence supports collaborative environments and points to improvements in organizational climate, better understanding of organizational goals and expectations, greater individual and leader accountability, lower turnover, and higher retention of…
Adaptability – Resiliency to Respond to Changing Events
Developing a strategy for ‘Connection’ can have enormous influence on the way your people think and connect and plays an important role in fundamental transformation of any businesses culture and…
Alertness – Emotional Sensitivity to Others
There are three behaviour-based concepts that must be adopted and learned in order to successfully transform a culture to one of connection: attentiveness (focus on others), alertness (emotional sensitivity to…
Transforming Connection – Paying Attention
If you’ve been paying any attention to the new movement in leadership development, you know that in order to lead today’s ‘knowledge’ workers you must know how to connect on…