Shaping Team Culture Through Mindfulness

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Mindfulness underpins active listening, positive feedback, corrective feedback and congruence – it is an essential skill for shaping team culture. Mindfulness means being present in-the-moment by paying attention in a purposeful manner. In essence, mindfulness is awareness – about ourselves and others.  It’s being aware of our own reactions and tuning into others and their [...]

Why Feedback On Performance Is So Critical For A Performance Culture

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In the context of shrinking resources, creating a performance culture is more important than ever and giving feedback on performance has a critical role to play to achieve this culture. Team dissatisfaction with having to carry poor performers can become toxic and result in resignations by good staff.  This is very costly.  It is much [...]

Soft Skills in High Demand

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In a recent news release, Nick Deligiannis, Director of Hays Recruiting, stated that soft skills are “highly valued” by employers.  He referred particularly to interpersonal, leadership and organisational skills. Nick Deligiannis commented that some employers will wait until they find a job applicant with the right mix of technical and soft skills.  Technical skills alone [...]

The Power of Positive Feedback

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Providing positive feedback to employees is one of the simplest and most powerful things you can do to motivate your staff. Positive feedback reinforces desired behavior, builds self-belief and confidence, and encourages continuous improvement.