5 Steps to Build Peak Performance – Step 5: Shine
750 words Average Reading Time: Less than 3 minutes Previous blogs have summarized the first 4 steps in the Cycle of Excellence and referenced in the book Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best...
View ArticlePeak Performance in Uncertain Times
Average reading time: 2 minutes Maintaining Excellence in Uncertain Times Nothing is as difficult as managing in uncertain times. My clients tell me that the rapidly changing competitive environment...
View ArticleEmpathy in Everyday Conversations
Average Reading Time: Less than 3 minutes In a previous post, Return from the 2nd Canadian Positive Psychology Conference, I wrote about the revolutionary work being done in our educational systems to...
View ArticleEmpathy vs. Sympathy
Many of us confuse empathy with sympathy. Sympathy is feeling for a person. Empathy is feeling with a person—an important distinction. When we’re empathic, we not only put ourselves in others’ shoes,...
View ArticleEmotional Expressiveness for Leaders
Average reading time: Less than 3 minutes How well do the leaders in your organization express their emotions? What about you? Do you appropriately articulate your feelings? Do you use emotional...
View ArticleMyths and Assumptions about Emotions
Average reading time: Less than 3 minutes My clients and their employees know me for busting workplace myths. One of my favourite myths is the notion that “common sense” is all we need to keep us...
View ArticleEmotional Leadership: Bad News for Buttoned-Up Leaders
I have worked closely with leaders for over two decades and have witnessed technology change rapidly beyond the speed of light while leadership behaviours evolve at a snail’s pace. In the work I do...
View ArticleWords Are Powerful. Nonverbal Behaviours and Cues Affect Impact.
In their book Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate and Inspire, authors Kathy Lubar and Belle Linda Halpern suggest three guidelines for developing emotional expressiveness...
View ArticleLeadership Presence: Express Your Passionate Purpose
Average reading time: Approximately 3 minutes As a leader, you need to imbue your words, actions, and stories with passion and authenticity. Every time you want to communicate a message, incorporate...
View ArticleMotivate without Micromanaging
Over-management can manifest as micromanagement. When you tell employees what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and why your way is better, you undermine their ability to think for themselves....
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