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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The Way to a Culture of Engagement
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Employee Needs – Why Should I Care?
Many organizations are at a loss when it comes to building culture. CEOs are quick to put their top leaders into a room for a couple of days, even a couple of weeks, and expect a culture change. As an…
Tagged with: accountability, Appreciation, behaviour, belonging, Challenge, change, Control, culture, Growth, inclusion, leadership, Learning, Meaning, positive presence, Power, purpose, Recognition, Trust, vision
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You Are An Influential Leader
Whether you are in a formal role of leader or not, you are always an influential leader. Influential leaders understand that how they think and behave affects the way they lead. They must be committed to all kinds of improvement…
Tagged with: change, energy, Improvement, influence, influential leader, leadership, mission, positive presence, purpose, thought, transparency, Trust, values, vision
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Accountability as a Visible Practice
In a collaborative culture with an influential leader that is skilled in Positive Presence™, accountability is a visible practice. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are aware of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and how they…
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Correcting Your Zero
You’ve maybe heard the saying “Correcting Your Zero”. It refers to a starting point and sight-adjustment for rifle marksmanship. In essence, at the organizational level we have a misaligned zero of personal performance revealed by the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of…
Tagged with: behaviour, change, effectiveness, mission, performance, positive presence, relationships, strength-based, values, vision, wellness
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A People Culture is the Heart of Performance
A number of thoughtful people have said many times, in a variety of ways, and it deserves repeating here: “People never connect and commit to an organization’s mission and vision until they first connect and commit to its leaders. Influential…
Tagged with: behaviour, collaboration, commitment, connection, culture, Emotions, engagement, heart, leaders, mission, neuro-chemical, performance, responsibility, strengths, succeed, success, team, vision
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In Pursuit of Performance (not Perfection)
“Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence.” Legendary football coach Vince…
Tagged with: behavior skill, cognitive strength, collaboration, connection, culture, Excellence, goals, leaders, mental, mental toughness, objectives, Perfection, performance, performance excellence, positive presence, purpose, resilience, self-awareness, self-discipline, stress, technical skill, vision
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Social Relationships Matter
There is lots of researcher indicating that social cohesion (the result of highly effective relationships) accounts for roughly one quarter of a team’s performance. Think about this in terms of productivity. Consider a department with target revenue of $100 million…
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Life With A Purpose
Colonel Joshua Chamberlin, an 1863 British soldier demonstrated the power of living a life of purpose. Discovering your life’s purpose stimulates volition, urging you to perform at a higher level. Performance rather than success should be the goal because success…
Tagged with: empower, Experience, grow, mission, optimism, performance, productivity, purpose, success, thinking, Trust, urgency, vision, volition
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An Audacious Idea
At Corporate Harmony.ca we have a Moonshot, an “audacious idea”. Our Vision is to eliminate bad stress from every workplace around the globe and in doing so turn the tide on the neglect of mental health on a global scale.…
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