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How Do Other People Hear Me?

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:16:48 +0000

Why do people react so differently to identical messages? Why does one person hear a message and feel energized, excited and motivated while another hears the exact same message and doesn’t respond at all?

Meta-programs are the habitual ways we think about our experience, leading to habitual ways of acting. Meta-programs direct our attention by deleting information and creating systematic, habitual patterns of thinking and behavior. Meta-programs may differ across contexts, and in organizations they can help to explain preferences for job types and provide insights as to why some people are able to excel at particular tasks that others struggle with.

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Masterful Communication

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:41:27 +0000

Good communication is the foundation for good cooperation and building mutually beneficial relationships with others. Communication is about understanding each other’s perspective positions. This gives a good insight into how to understand and communicate with our colleagues and friends better. To knowing how other people process information helps us to bridge gaps. It can also lead us to better self-understanding. The better we know ourselves, the better we can adapt our communication and help others to adapt their communication. (more…)

Fast Decisions are Easier to Manipulate

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:18:09 +0000

Imagine a driver parking a car smashing into another car and driving erratically in the process. Then the driver runs out, leaving the car sloppily parked and without putting a note on the dented car about the accident. What do you think about that driver?

If you are like most people you tend to attribute other people’s actions to their personality, rather than the situation and context. This means that if there are situational reasons for these people’s actions, these are likely to be ignored. For example, the driver may have been rushing to a hospital for a medical emergency. These biases that we all have play an important role for how we behave and interpret situations. (more…)

Leadership - Power versus Force

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:25:04 +0000

Most of us assume leadership is about leading others, nothing could be more misleading. True leadership is actually about leading ourselves. It is when others freely choose to lead themselves in our footsteps that we are becoming true leaders, leading in a new and powerful way. This kind of leadership springs from a place of shared power and choice, not from force or dependency. This kind of rare leadership is the foundation of all good leadership. It is based on a shared responsibility for all things achieved. When many people willingly join a cause, freely contribute to an effort and actively lead themselves towards a shared goal, we have reached the full power of good leadership. (more…)

Benefits of Working with Employee Strengths

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:02:34 +0000

We all know we feel better when we are happy and able to do our best to contribute well at work. But is there any real value for companies to focus on, and learning how to manage employees’ strengths actively? New research from Barbara L. Fredrickson show clear evidence, based on solid research, for this. In her new book ‘Positivity’ she explains benefits that directly impact a company’s bottom line. It sends a clear message about the importance for HR professionals and managers to master their talent management process as well as knowing how to coach and train employees successfully in their organization:
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Employee Engagement in China

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:39:42 +0000

- Practical application for organization development, see the bigger picture by looking closer

Employee Engagement – A global phenomena

Many multinational companies are currently using employee engagement surveys to benchmark their organizations.

The reason companies use employee engagement surveys is mainly because the world´s largest performance study* has proven that highly engaged employees have a huge impact on the company´s Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

The positive impact to a company´s KPI´s when employees answer “I Strongly Agree” to a series of statements - such as: “I know what is expected of me at work” - can be seen below.

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Cost Benefits of Coaching

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:41:13 +0000

- Performance coaching in the workplace

In a study performed by Consulting Psychology Journal a group of executives were interviewed about the benefits of coaching and which areas they personally used coaches to focus on (multiple selections were allowed):

56% focused on personal behavioral change
43% leader effectiveness
40% focused on building stronger relationships
17% used a coach for personal development
7% used their coaching sessions to achieve better work-life balance

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Performance coaching in the workplace

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:00:35 +0000

To create lasting performance change it is necessary to first understand the positive and negative influence that a person’s personal behaviors has on their execution and what impact these have on their ability to achieve success. Only when we fully understand a person’s behavioral patterns and create positive self-managing coaching strategies can we assist a person to create lasting performance change. (more…)

Certified Master Coach

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:50:07 +0000

Certified Master Coach program - After 15 years search, the Behavioral Coaching Institute has selected CONCHIUS as their full learning partner to run the Certified Master Coach program in China. This is good news for all professional coaches and companies that are creating a corporate coaching culture.

The Corporate Training Challenge

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:25:03 +0000

There are three fundamental demands on all corporate training and corporate education programs to create high performance in the workplace. The three training demands describe the purpose of all corporate training and directly influence all training design. Corporate trainers need to know and always strive to meet these demands. (more…)