There is a fundamental truth about organizational performance. The majority of people you know, yourself included, have a legitimate need for effective, functional relationships – personal, familial, and professional. It is actually these relationships that make you human and without which you cannot survive.
In fact, research coming from the fields of neuroscience and quantum physics suggests that much of who you are resides in your subconscious and therefore a huge amount of self-awareness is needed in order to create effective, functional, and professional relationships in the work place. But here is the reality check. Few people are willing to do the hard work at the personal level to create and sustain those relationships.
When you ask the question of how to achieve a “high performing culture,” you must begin by treating culture like any other performance indicator. This is accomplished by developing and sustaining effective and functional relationships among key leaders and their teams within the organization. And, as with any performance process, you do this through continuous feedback and improvement of relationships at the individual level.
Effective behaviour is unique to every organization and must be explicitly identified at the organizational level, the team level and most importantly, at the individual level. Survey upon survey continues to reveal that core members of an organization rate mutual respect as the singular most important organizational value. Organizational performance is predicated upon every individual in the organization learning, applying, and sustaining, effective behaviour skills – the kind of behaviour that exemplifies mutual respect.
The secret to effective behaviour skills that lead to effective functional relationships is the skill of Positive Presence – your ability to adjust for and create a positive and energized mindset through conscious thought processes. If you desire to become a “go to” person in your organization, you have to accept personal responsibility and accountability for your behaviour. Such behaviour includes all that is related to what we choose to think, what we choose to believe, how we create and focus our attitudes, and how we choose to form our habits. And sometimes, it is not so much about what behaviours are effective, as it is about what behaviours are ineffective.
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.