“The entire goal of the coaching was to focus on key actions and initiatives that would improve their effectiveness. This improvement in effectiveness from our leaders would lead to a more constructive culture which then translates to improved employee engagement. This improved employee engagement then drives better business and project outcomes.” Well said Kym!
The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) is one of the Human Synergistics International tools for individuals. It is actually two tools: The first is Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI 1). This tool provides participants with the answer to the question “How do I think I think?” The second is Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI 2). This tool provides participants…
Erin Petrys shares some thinking on the Oppositional Style.
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.
We have emotions. Emotions drive intuition. Intuition drives understanding and results. In turn understanding and results drives our emotions. IF we learn to think clearly AND use our intuition THEN we get even more understanding and results. Imagine what thinking clearly might do for the culture of your organisation … More and more understanding More and more positive emotion…
“I once knew a little boy in England who asked his father, “Do fathers always know more than sons?” and the father said, “Yes.” The next question was , “Daddy, who invented the steam engine?” and the father said, “James Watt.” And then the son came back with “—but why didn’t James Watt’s father invent…
Personal Leadership is about personal growth, self fulfilment and the realisation of ones potential. A great place to start developing your Personal Leadership is to explore your values. Core values are fundamental beliefs that are well-developed and have probably been part of your character for years. When you do something that contradicts these values, your intuition, or…
If Leadership is a “chosen state for any person in any role who wants to excel and in doing so guide and inspire others” then the foundation of any Leadership Development must be Personal Leadership. Personal Leadership is about personal growth, self fulfilment and the realisation of ones potential. It requires a strong desire to learn and…
“Leadership is so much more than an appointed position. It’s a chosen state for any person in any role who wants to excel and in doing so guide and inspire others” Catherine Palin-Brinkworth
Tips to identify people with leadership potential. Another great post from Kym Williams of BRS.
The Constructive way to set up a new Manager for success. Another great post from Kym Williams of BRS.
An excellent post on how to use the Constructive behaviours of the Human Synergistics Circumplex for effective communication. Great insight!
A colleague recently sent me an article titled “Bad to great: The path to scaling up excellence“ from McKinsey.com. The subtile is “Before senior executives try to spread best practices, they should use seven techniques to clear out negative behaviour that stands in the way.” The key message is: “Yet case studies and rigorous academic research show that if you…
This blog sits very well with my recent post re “How NOT to create an environment for teaming and innovation”. In particular the last 4 minutes of the John Cleese video on creativity.
John Cleese provides some great insights into how NOT to create an environment for teaming and innovating. Those familiar with the Human Synergistics Circumplex listen out for the Passive and Aggressive leadership behaviours.
When it comes to getting others to make a change there are traditionally only two options. The stick or the carrot. Why would we use a stick? Sticks cause pain! People are highly motivated by avoiding pain and therefore they will move fast. The assumption is that if we use a stick we will achieve…
Both passive and aggressive behaviour is defensive. All defensive behaviour originates from within our thinking. At the core of all defensiveness, whether it is physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, is a thought, which often has grown into a belief that we must protect our selves from others, go it alone and be self-sufficient. In essence,…
Ironically, the only thing that seems to cut us off from authentic and constructive leadership behaviour is our thoughts and beliefs around needing to protect ourselves from others, be significant and therefore to be separate from them. If we believe that we are separate from people, need to demonstrate our own significance and we need…
Successful leadership starts with personal leadership. It starts with becoming aware of our own behaviour styles and the thinking, beliefs and values that lie behind our behaviour. With this awareness we can begin to explore the power of our true potential. Personal awareness is the foundation of authentic leadership. In order to experience authentic leadership,…
Often our careerVALUES represent how we like to be rewarded at work. Communicating your top values to your Manager as part of a career discussion can be incredibly powerful in helping them understand what makes you motivated and engaged at work. If you don’t let your manager know what is important to you they will…
