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A Leader’s Legacy

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

As a licenced affiliate and certified coach of The Frisina Group’s ‘Center for Influential Leadership’ I am honoured to present the following excerpt from their April 2019 guest newsletter … it never gets old: We can’t begin to think of…

Tagged with: behaviour, conflicts, feedback, influential leader, internal changes, leadership potential, leading, legacy, managing, organizational performance, positive presence, self-aware, self-examination, sincerity, status, success
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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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Leading in the Best Workplace

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

How often do we ask ourselves, “How do I create the best possible workplace where people wake up in the middle of the night disappointed it is not time to go to work yet?”… Now that you have finished laughing…

Tagged with: culture change, development, disruptive behaviour, dysfunctional employees, engagement, inappropriate behaviour, intangibles, leader behaviour, leadership, leading, neuroscience, organizational strategy, performance, positive presence, self-awareness, success, tangibles, team, work environment
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Accountability for Collaborative Success

Posted on May 26, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

Accountability must be a visible practice In creating an organization that is built for collaborative success. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are aware of the organization’s purpose, mission, vision, values, and how they fit into…

Tagged with: accountability, collaboration, employee engagement, fear, mission, negative energy, performance, positive emotional human energy, positive presence, responsibilities, success, transparency, Upper Brain, values, vision
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Negativity – The Greatest Threat to Success

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Catherine Osborne

In the knowledge-based economy it is the first time in human history that a ‘hard day’s work’ is not ‘hard’ in the physical sense, but instead it is the employee’s brain that’s being worked — it is their ‘mind,’ that…

Tagged with: brain-power, efficiency, emotional energy, emotional state, energized, energy, negative energy, positive, positive presence, productivity, success, wellness
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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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Making the People Connection

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

The greatest of all leaders understand that methods, tools, technologies, protocols, and systems do not achieve results. People do. Therefore, it is people not processes, with whom organizational leaders must form a long-lasting, positive, emotional connection. This connection is actually…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brain, collaboration, emotional connection, engage, habits, needs, neurochemical performance, neuroscience, performance, positive, positive presence, self-awareness, success, Trust
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How Leaders Create Culture

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

The ancient Greek aphorism, “Know Thyself,” can be attributed most notably to the philosopher Socrates, however, for the more modern generation of folks you are probably familiar with its Latin version that hung above the Oracle’s door in the Matrix…

Tagged with: behaviour, compassionate, culture, Emotions, empathic, engagement, ethics, Influential leaders, leaders, performance, positive presence, purposeful, relationship, self-awareness, success, values
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The Way to a Culture of Engagement

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

It has been said many times in a variety of ways and deserves repeating here: people never connect to the organization’s mission and vision until they first connect with their leader. Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal…

Tagged with: behaviour habits, collaboration, compassion, connect, connection, culture, Emotions, engagement, Excellence, Hope, initiative, leader, manager, mindset, mission, performance, positive presence, relationships, responsibility, results, safety, skillsets, strengths, success, team building, Trust, vision
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How Strong is your Leadership Foundation?

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Catherine Osborne

Following are three foundational skills sets that need to be strongly embedded in every leader in order to achieve performance excellence: 1.Develop a Learner’s Attitude Success in every dimension of life is related to your ability to connect with others.…

Tagged with: adapt, care, change, connection, connections, grow, humility, Learner’s Attitude, performance, positive, positive presence, quality, Selflessness, skills, success, supportive, unproductive
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