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Do Peers Perpetuate Poor Performance? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Spirit at Work 2 comments

This is part three in a five part examination of the forces that keep individuals and institutions caught a cycle of stress trapped by unexamined assumptions and ill designed solutions. Part one examined the role of self in our illusory imprisonment, two the often subconscious part played by supervisors in the continuing incarceration and section three delves into the irresistible influence exerted on us by our peers...

Are you a Champion for Change? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

There are always payoffs for the lies we tell ourselves and the easiest to maintain are those we share with others which carries the appropriate scientific title of “Bandwagon Effect”. The Bandwagon that I had worked hard to be part of was that of the Charismatic Champion of Change. The fallacy was that regardless of my mastery of the topic or skills as a professional communicator that change does not happen from the top down or outside in but must be generated by champions from within.

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Peer Power Invitation December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance No comments

If you have come to this posting in follow up to one of many keynote presentations congratulations and thank you. Most people have good intentions in the moment but it is easy to fall back into the daily grind of too much to do and too little time to invest in yourself. You are your most important investment.

According to Nobel Prize-winning scientist Daniel Kahneman, each day we are given 20,000 moments.

For most a vast majority of these moments are simply reruns or what has been ...

Engage through Imagery December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Astonishing Service, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work

Simple ideas understood by all are both the salve and the anchors that keep a team’s “eye on the prize” in challenging times. Vineet Nayar in his book Employees First, Customers Second used the story of the “Big Windows” he discovered at a friend’s home in Amsterdam to focus his team on the value (and discomfort) of transparency. He shared this story with absolutely everyone so they all had a common language...

Permanent Monday Syndrome December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Topics, Training

Once again Gallop’s survey of 150,000 workers proves what too many already know from daily experience. There is a reason they call it work. NBC News Anchor Brian Williams reported in last night’s broadcast that only 30% of employees reported being engaged, 52% openly admit they are not and 18% are actively disengaged.

This is not new news – roughly the same statistics have been reported for the last three years, which makes you wonder...