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Trust at the Top

Posted on July 21, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

Many organizations possess great potential for creating high levels of organizational performance excellence, but are missing the one key ingredient for excellence – trust among the senior leadership team. This is reflected in the safety, quality, service, and financial performance…

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The System Components of Leadership

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Leadership effectiveness has three key components – not competencies – but system components – the necessary and sufficient conditions to produce results sustainable over time at a very high level. The three core components of leadership are: a. Character –…

Tagged with: behaviour strengths, Character, commitment, competence, emotional capacity, leadership, performance, positive presence
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The Intrinsic Nature of Leadership

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

There are basically four fundamental aspects of behaviour style: (1) executing (driver), (2) influencing (persuader), (3) strategic thinking (analyzer), and (4) relationship building, (stabilizer). With a fundamental understanding of these four aspects of behaviour patterns and how they affect connection,…

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The Three Reasons Leadership Development Fails

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Go online, stroll through a bookstore, attend another training workshop or seminar and you will see that the topic of leadership is everywhere. We talk about it in political terms, business, sports, and tax-exempt organizations. People are captivated and confused…

Tagged with: accountability, commitment, culture, development, human, Improvement, leader, leadership, objectives, outcome, participation, performance, positive presence, purpose, strategic
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Not Making the Choice to Change

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Change – whether personal or organizational – is not easy. It is a journey that takes many years and involves many people, but as the Chinese proverb states, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” Despite…

Tagged with: behaviour, change, commitment, connections, engagement, human energy, leaders, performance excellence, positive presence, self-examination, workplace behaviour
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Change Behaviour for Culture Change

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Changing behaviour is a challenge, even when not doing so means lost business, bankruptcy, the demise of a company, or harming other people. By the same token, changing a workplace culture that is dysfunctional or toxic will only occur by…

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Understanding Emotional Needs In Today’s Chaos

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal title or role) who possess the mind and behaviour habits that create positive and energized emotions within themselves and around them. They are emotionally aware leaders, and they actively seek information…

Tagged with: behaviour, commitment, emotional connection, emotionally aware, habits, Herzberg’s theory, hygiene factors, Influential leaders, motivation factors, Motivation-Hygiene Theory, performance, positive presence, productivity
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Leadership Development in Today’s World

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

A number of factors contribute to the failure of leadership development programs today. Among these is the limited participation by senior leadership in the training and in holding people accountable for changing behaviour following the training. Limited participation signals a…

Tagged with: accountable, behaviour, benefits, collaboration, commitment, connection, culture, cynicism, development, Excellence, Growth, leadership, mindset, performance, positive, positive presence, resources
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Cooperation Is The New Constructive Competition

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

A cooperative attitude inhibits destructive competition. While competition among teams can be healthy in that it brings out personal and team bests, energy and commitment to work, it can quickly lead to negative or dysfunctional behaviour. Competition can turn some…

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Are You a Boss Or a Leader?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery said that, “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” If you desire to have a stronger, more productive organization where your…

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