Communicating constructively needs to be undertaken in an anti-clockwise manner

“A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.” ― Byron Katie

The fastest way to learn a topic is to teach it. Having to teach a topic to another creates an internal standard that is highly motivating. It creates an environment for mastery. Effective leaders create environments for others to develop mastery. What will you allow your people to teach you? Effective leaders demonstrate high levels…

A resolution starts with a big effort which usually dissipates over time.  It is hard to maintain momentum. An area of growth, on the other hand, steadily produces pleasure and positive influence on your life and becomes self reinforcing.  Small efforts gain there own momentum. There are four questions you need to answer to find your optimum focus for…

Win/Lose, Lose/Win, Lose/Lose.  These are the only outcomes of competitive behaviour.   Win/Win.  This is the outcome required for success.  “I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.” – Abraham Lincoln   YourThinkingCoach.com – Bringing Clarity at Velocity for your next Breakthrough™

This is a great series of videos I first saw Shaun McCarthy, Chairman of Human Synergistics, New Zealand & Australia deliver at the 2011 Human Synergistics Conference. The aim of this series of dramatisations is to depict organisations at different stages of consciousness with respect to the relationship between CULTURE and PERFORMANCE. In this scene,…

At the top of the HSI circumplex is Satisfaction (blue) . At the bottom is Security (red and green). Jodie Nevid of BRS makes the link between vulnerability and the courage to leave security behind. Arguably this idea is the key to really effective leadership.