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Crossing the Age-Gap

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

An analysis of 20 studies with nearly 20,000 people revealed slight and inconsistent differences in job attitudes when comparing generational groups. While many love to point out that younger and older people are more different than alike, research refutes this…

Tagged with: attitudes, brand image, collaboration, culture, engagement, Flexibility, generational gap, internal dynamic, leadership, needs, positive presence, Respect, Strategy, wellbeing
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Teamwork Drives Organizational Performance

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Influential leaders know how to create and sustain highly functional teams that are resilient and engaged. Team building is not about technical skill. Team building is the product of understanding human behaviour and putting the focus on behaviour skill competencies…

Tagged with: absenteeism, accountability, behaviour, burnout, collaboration, compassion, engaged, expectations, Hope, innate strengths, mental skills, performance, positive presence, quality, resilient, safety, Stability, teams, Trust, turnover, wellbeing
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The Performance Power of Your Presence

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Never doubt the impact on performance marked by your presence as a leader. You are, without a doubt, ridiculously in charge of the production and wellbeing of every person you lead, and ultimately, the destiny of your organization. And, without…

Tagged with: ambiguous, behaviours, brain, complex, connection, emotionally intelligent, energy, fast-changing, feelings, focus, frustration, leader, overwhelm, positive presence, thoughts, wellbeing
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Behaviour Quality Management

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

Leaders of the future will have to do far more “inside” work than was required of their predecessors. They will have to understand what their personal behaviour preferences are and then understand the behaviour of those they lead. To not…

Tagged with: behaviour, energized, energy, mindset, motivated, positive, positive intelligence, positive presence, quality, Quality Management, resilient, thought, wellbeing
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How Accurate is Your Shot?

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Periodically, when serving in titled positions of leadership, it is imperative to self-evaluate your behaviour performance as a means of staying focused and on target to getting the right things done well. Many times we can best accomplish this self-assessment…

Tagged with: behaviour, Behaviour Competencies, development, feedback, focus, leadership, mindset, performance, positive presence, self-motivation, stress, wellbeing
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Lasting Organizational Change

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

When done right, employee attitude, satisfaction and/or engagement surveys provide valuable information to the organization. Too often however, leaders do not take seriously the workplace barriers and emotional barriers identified by their employees. Corporate survey efforts become a way to…

Tagged with: attitude, barriers, behaviour, care, change, disruptive, emotional barriers, energy, engagement, performance, positive behaviours, positive presence, quality, satisfaction, strength-building, wellbeing, workplace
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Learning from HeartMath

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Well over 20 years ago Doc Childre and a group of 30 researchers and entrepreneurs gathered to explore the connection between the metaphorical and physical heart, and in 1991 they formed the Institute of HeartMath (IHM) as a nonprofit research…

Tagged with: anxiety, Autonomic Nervous System, coherence, consciousness, culture, Emotional, feelings, health, HeartMath, mental, performance, positive presence, productivity, stress, success, synergy, thoughts, torus, wellbeing
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An Energized Workplace: The 4 Steps Recapped

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Catherine Osborne — No Comments ↓

As we recap the 4 Step Process for an energized workforce outlined in my previous posts it becomes clear that leaders of the future will have to do far more ‘inside’ work than was required of their predecessors. Step 1…

Tagged with: accountability, awareness, behaviour, behaviour skill, collaboration, energized, energized workforce, energized workplace, energy, engagement, human energy, mindset, motivation, performance, positive, positive behaviour, positive energy, positive mind, positive mindset, positive presence, quality, well-being, wellbeing
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An Energized Workplace: Step 2

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Catherine Osborne — No Comments ↓

In the 2012 Global Workforce Study by Towers Watson it was revealed that “engagement, as traditionally defined, is not sufficient to give employers the sustained performance lift they need – or keep employees doing their work effectively in today’s pressured…

Tagged with: behavior, behaviour, brain science, energized mindset, energized workforce, engagement, human energy, mind set, mindfuness, mindset, neuroscience, organizational success, performance, positive attitude, positive behaviour, positive emotion, positive mindset, positive presence, positive thinking, sustainable engagement, sustained performance, well-being, wellbeing
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An Energized Workplace: Step 1

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Catherine Osborne — No Comments ↓

The ultimate goal of human existence is to live a joyful and abundant life. Everyone strives for that existence – whether they know it or not. When we consider that we spend a great part of our waking hours at…

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