One of the reasons that many people find it difficult to change their behaviour is that they are not comfortable with being uncomfortable. Take this example… I was coaching a very senior leader (let’s call him Neville) on his communication style. Neville could be very back and white in his views and also found group […]
There is a lot of work on human motivation and how, as leaders, to motivate our people to bring their best. One of the key pieces of work that I refer to regularly is David McClelland’s work on Social Motives. McClelland identified three key human motivations: Need for Achievement (N ach) focus on goals, improving […]
In a previous blog, I discussed some practical ways to use emotions in the workplace. https://www.shapingchange.com.au/blog/?p=20 Let’s explore a little further. If you are interested in EI, there is a very good book called the Emotional Intelligent Manager, by Caruso and Salovey. The work of Mayer, Salovey and Caruso’s on EI tells us the following: […]