Reflection Before Response Reaps Rewards
How many times a day do you find yourself offended? Or triggered in response to what someone else has said or done? If you are anything like me, it happens [...]
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07, 2015
9
07, 2015
Keep the Flame Alive: Creating Measurable Leadership Behaviour Change
Your leadership development program starts with keen anticipation. The initiative is welcomed and is seen as fulfilling a need in the organization. The leaders enthusiastically participate in the various activities [...]
9
07, 2015
Developing the Right Leaders is Always a Sound Investment – Even on A Tight Budget
In a BC HRMA survey of HR practitioners: 60% indicated turnover and recruitment were among their top three challenges 40% felt a lack of leadership capacity would impact their organization [...]
9
07, 2015
Earn My Trust First: How Teams Can Benefit by Starting from a Place of Trust
Reading the above title several times may lead you to the realization of its absurdity. This unfortunately is how many approach trust. Based on personal experiences and many professional opinions, [...]
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06, 2015
How to Deal with EGOS
How to Deal with EGOs There are many behaviours that can get in the way of effective communication. Some of them are easy to manage while others are more difficult. [...]
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05, 2015
Do We Reach Enlightenment By Trusting Our Employees?
One of my bosses, one of Kwela’s two owners, Russ, came to my choir concert the other Saturday night. Afterwards I introduced him to a good friend of mine who [...]
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05, 2015
Reflection Before Response Reaps Rewards
How many times a day do you find yourself offended? Or triggered in response to what someone else has said or done? If you are anything like me, it happens [...]
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05, 2015
Integrity: The Invaluable Value
Many organizational values include ‘integrity’; however, if you asked employees what integrity really means, a wide array of answers may abound due to confusion around its true meaning. This presents [...]
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04, 2015
Why do some leadership development efforts fail?
McKinsey & Company have a perspective. Their studies show that organizations can avoid the most common mistakes in leadership development and increase the odds of success by: matching specific leadership [...]
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04, 2015
Tips on How to Make Virtual Teams Work
Geographically dispersed teams, also known as virtual teams, are fast becoming the norm these days and it is not uncommon for people in 2 or more cities to be collaborating [...]