In a moment of self- reflection, ask yourself the following question, “Are my current habits and behaviour getting me to where I want to go?” If the answer is “No” you need to consider making some changes. Far too many people are unaware of how they are perceived by family, friends, and professional colleagues. We all know and it is easy for us to recognize other people with bad habits, disturbing, and disruptive behaviours. The harder thing is recognizing those same bad habits and behaviours in oneself. While it may be true that what we think about our behaviour is personal and intimate, our behaviour itself is never private. Remember this – behaviour lapses are obvious to everyone except the person who commits them.
There are all kinds of behaviours that damage and destroy relationships and professional careers. Sadly, many of these behaviours most likely exist and are prevalent in your own organizational culture. Gone are the days of tolerance for the “good old boy” jokes and sexual innuendos. Sexual harassment, discrimination, unethical, illegal and other toxic behaviours have always been destructive to relationships and organizational performance and remain so today. The question is not whether such behaviours are affecting employee engagement, energy, and creativity, but, to what degree your peak performers are impacted by them and at what emotional and financial cost?
No one wants to work with the proverbial jerk at work. These people are disruptive to performance and productivity and are now making their organizations targets for lawsuits. Note that performance failure typically is not the result of the absence of technical skill but incompetence in behavioural skill. You may gain higher levels of organizational responsibility based on your technical skill and performance, but your overall success is clearly dependent on your social/behavioural relationship skills.
Catherine is the President and CEO of CORPORATE HARMONY, providing virtual solutions for leadership development and organizational culture change. Her leadership and coaching experience as a Project Manager in an ever-changing, fast moving technological organization with unrelenting demands drove her to the realization that a positive mindset and strength-building behaviors are essential for today’s complex and chaotic organizational systems. CORPORATE HARMONY’s virtual platform of programs, coaching and performance measurement, is an innovative online technology of tested proprietary content. The world-class content of CORPORATE HARMONY’s Positive Presence Program develops the skill of ‘Positive Presence’ and the necessary ‘Positive Presence Behaviour Competencies’ for maintaining a positive and energized mindset and increased performance in today’s complex work environment, and leading to a culture of collaboration and connection. Catherine’s vision for Corporate Harmony is to bring the skill of “Positive Presence” to the corporate world as it becomes more complex, ambiguous and chaotic. Catherine is uniquely positioned to impact organizations’ productivity and long term success, with her powerful vision of eliminating bad stress from every workplace around the globe, bringing purpose into the people equation to promote healthy, productive and meaningful work cultures and turn the tide on the neglect of mental health on a global scale. Catherine is author of the book: “CORPORATE HARMONY – The Performance Link for Today’s Modern Organization” Catherine can be reached at: Catherine.Osborne@corporateharmony.ca or go to ‘contact us’ on our website www.corporateharmony.ca. Catherine is available for consultation, and can be reached by 519-695-3407.