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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…

Tagged with: brain function, change, complexity, demands, emotional intelligence, energized mindset, executive functions, innovative, mindset, negative emotion, neural networks, neuroplasticity, positive presence, prefrontal cortex, social intelligence, stress, workplace behaviours
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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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The ‘Why’ of Positive Power

Posted on June 30, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

The findings coming forward from the neuro-sciences have huge implications for business organizations on a global scale. And in fact, these findings call for a gigantic shift in how the modern organization develops its employees, its leaders, and the overall…

Tagged with: ambiguity, awareness, behaviour, brain-power, change, chaos, complexity, energy, mindset, negative energy, neuro-sciences, neuroplasticity, positive, positive mindset, positive presence, stress
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Work-Stress and You

Posted on May 12, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

Modern life is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations, and demands. For many people, stress is so commonplace that it has become a way of life. Stress isn’t always bad. In small doses, it can help you perform under pressure and…

Tagged with: change, energized mindset, motivate, positive mindset, positive presence, self-awareness, stress, stress overload, stress response, thought habits, unwanted change
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A Leaders Playbook

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Throughout the college football season, we can glean many valuable leadership behaviour lessons that are so applicable to the work we do at The Frisina Group and The Center for Influential Leadership. Thinking of behaviour and its critical link to…

Tagged with: Achievement, analysis, behaviour, brain, emotional energy, focus, interpersonal relationships, leadership, lower brain fear, performance, Performance management, positive presence, stress, success, team
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Why Coaching Fails

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Coaching and having a coach has become a huge buzz in today’s corporate world. As leaders in the fast-paced, ever-changing work environment, having that third-party support to manage the chaos and complexity can be invaluable. On the other hand, bringing…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brain, chaos, coaching, complexity, culture, inner dissonance, performance, positive presence, stress
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The People Energy in Performance

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

In today’s workforce the talent pool of technically competent people fluctuates. While everyone still competes to hire people with strong technical skills, it is becoming increasingly clear that performance is a function of both technical skill and behaviour capacity. Furthermore,…

Tagged with: behaviour, Brain neurological energy, change, collaboration, complexity, culture, leaders, performance, positive presence, stress, thought habits
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Leading Change Through Chaos

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

It is inevitable actually, that you will at some point in your career find yourself faced with the necessity to make a change that you don’t agree with, for whatever the reason. … and the reasons are unlimited. One reason…

Tagged with: attitude, change, change-resistance, chaos, complex, disruptive, emotional energy, front lines, mindset, organizational systems, positive presence, public service, relationships, resilience, Resistance, stress, stress response, wellness
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Can You Embrace Change?

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Catherine Osborne

Let’s face it, if we are not changing, chances are we’re not alive. Resistance to change is normal and natural. You see, the minute your brain realizes you are moving out of your ‘comfort zone’…it automatically sets off the famous…

The ‘Energy Factor’ of an Energized Workforce

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Catherine Osborne

In the “State of the Global Workplace 2022 Report” by Gallup it was revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic era put a halt to a long period of gradual but general improvement in engagement among the world’s workers. This matters for…

Tagged with: behaviours, brain science, connection, Emotions, energy, engagement, meditation, mindfulness, mindset, negative human energy, neuroscience, performance, positive, positive presence, productivity, profitability, retention, safety, stress, thinking, workforce
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