Archive for July, 2007

Primal Leadership – The Hidden Driver of Great Performance

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I came across an article in HBR about what most influences your company's bot–tom-line performance. The answer will surprise you—and make perfect sense: It's a leader's own mood."...Executives' emotional intelligence — their self-awareness, empathy, rapport with others — has clear links to their own performance. But new research shows that ...

Training techniques: Coaching - The learning gap

Monday, July 9th, 2007

An article I found in HR Magazine makes an interesting point about what suppliers of coaching services think they offer and what buyers expect.'...First there was executive training, then came mentoring, and hot on its heels has followed everything from life counselling to career consultancy. All profess to develop leaders ...

Falls Edition of The Rotman Magazine

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Check out the article on The Trust Development Process in the falls edition of The Rotman School of Management's magazine (p.36). If not, then you have a 120 pages of varying articles on business and economics.'People vary in their willingness to trust others. The Motivated Attributions Model explains the conditions under which ...