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Higher Brain Function in the Workplace

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

Learning to create a mindset that overrides the stress response is an invaluable skill in today’s workplace wrought with lightening-fast change, complexity and unrelenting demands. It is the neuroplasticity of your brain that enables you to change brain structure to…

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The Science of Success

Posted on September 1, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

In the last couple of decades, a new field of neuroscience has mapped the mental zone that can literally change the brain to quiet an overly active stress response system and simultaneously pave the way for higher brain networks to…

Tagged with: brain speed, emotional intelligence, emotional wellbeing, higher brain networks, homeostasis, mental state, mental zone, mindset, neuroscience, physical wellbeing, positive presence, relationships, social intelligence, stress, stress management, stress response, success
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Why Stress is Harmful

Posted on May 19, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s fast paced and ever changing business climate, the most dangerous thing about stress is how easily it can creep up on you. You get used to it. It starts to feel familiar, even normal. You don’t notice how…

Tagged with: adrenaline, Chronic stress, cortisol, emotional intelligence, emotional wellness, higher brain, performance, positive presence, relationships, stress hormones, stress overload, teamwork, toxic hormones, turnover
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Thriving in the Chaos

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

Successful companies and their leaders don’t stand around waiting for direction in moments of potential crisis. With a highly developed sense of purpose, they take the initiative and problem solve with collective intelligence and effectiveness in a systems based approach…

Tagged with: behaviour, chaos, emotional intelligence, initiative, lower brain, positive presence, problem solve, self-assess, thinking, Upper Brain
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The Secret to Leadership Development

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

If you are a senior leader, you have to ask yourself, how committed am I to real change in my organization and what am I doing to create that change? Senior leaders create strategic vision and objectives for the organization.…

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The Performance Power In Your People

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

The business and professional climates in which you work remain increasingly competitive. Each day competitive markets grow as technology spans the vast array of global industries. These rapidly changing environments are causing ambiguities and confusion about the roles and responsibilities…

Tagged with: ambiguities, change, competitive environment, emotional health, emotional intelligence, engagement, focus, global, influential, initiative, innovation, leader, leaders, mental, neurosciences, performance, physical health, positive presence, productivity, relationships, solutions, Strategy, success, teamwork
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Emotional Awareness – A Must for Organizational Wellness

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Leaders without emotional awareness, do not relate well to others or engage with them, and in fact, are more likely to cause dissatisfaction, conflict and performance dysfunction. It’s less than 30 years since the idea of emotions having an impact…

Tagged with: emotional awareness, emotional energy, emotional intelligence, leader influence, performance, positive presence, relationships, thoughts, triggers, wellness
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The First Step To An Energized Workplace

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

The ultimate goal of human existence is to live a joyful and abundant life. Everyone strives for that existence – whether they know it or not. When we consider that we spend a great part of our waking hours at…

Tagged with: abundant, behaviour, crisis, Emotional, emotional intelligence, energized, energy flow, engagement, health, joyful, leadership, neurosciences, performance, positive human energy, positive presence, relationships, rewire, success, thought, toxic
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Emotional Awareness – Are You?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Catherine Osborne

Twenty years ago, the idea of emotions having an impact on personal and professional success, productivity and performance was given a new name: emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence (EI), first defined in an article by psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer,…

Tagged with: behaviour, conflict, dissatisfaction, dysfunction, emotional awareness, emotional intelligence, Emotions, higher-level brain, leadership, mindset, organizational development, positive presence, productive behaviour, professional success
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Are You an Authentic Leader?

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s world of organizations there is a real desire for authentic leadership. Being an authentic leader means you must understand how you relate to others and then learn to adjust your behaviour accordingly to deal with others in a…

Tagged with: Authentic Leader, behaviour, behavioural intelligence, complexity, emotional intelligence, executive leadership, hot-buttons, leadership development, lightening-fast change, positive, positive presence, positive space, self-awareness, self-control
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