Effectiveness
What We Know About Change
According to a global study on employee engagement by Right Management, less than half (43%) of employees are confident in their organization’s change process. The biggest downfall for senior leaders is the perception that they do not follow through on what they say they will do. Many change initiatives are sold using fear. While these… Continue Reading What We Know About Change
Read MoreInvesting in Our Leaders
Have you ever heard or even asked the following question yourself: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave the company?” Well, what happens if we don’t, and they stay? These are both meaty questions, particularly when it comes to deciding where to invest precious financial resources in an organization.… Continue Reading Investing in Our Leaders
Read MoreThe Kiss of Death for New Leaders
I’ve found that it’s always a challenge to assimilate a new leader or general manager into a business. One of the greatest challenges for a new leader is to work with her new team in a way that honors their experience and the direction of the organization before she shares her vision for the team. When leaders enter… Continue Reading The Kiss of Death for New Leaders
Read MorePeak Performance and the Ultradian Rhythm
Most of us are familiar with Circadian Rhythms, which our bodies track on a 24-hour cycle as we oscillate between wakefulness and sleep. Many of us though are unaware of our Ultradian Rhythms, which are natural body cycles occuring at intervals of less than 24 hours. We experience an Ultradian Rhythm every 90 to 120… Continue Reading Peak Performance and the Ultradian Rhythm
Read MoreGetting to Unconscious Competence
The path to new knowledge and changed behavior often is fraught with false steps and the experience of taking “two steps forward, one step back”. In fact, it is quite rare for new learning to take hold immediately, given the comfort we attach to the way we do things today. In our Fit Leader’s Program… Continue Reading Getting to Unconscious Competence
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