Habit Change

Have you ever had a mentor, friend, or boss motivate you to set goals or challenge yourself in ways you hadn’t considered possible? Has a colleague expressed admiration for a skill they believed you mastered, while you felt you were still maturing?

The ‘Michelangelo Effect’ is a socio-behavioural phenomenon observed in close interpersonal relationships. The effect deals with the ways in which relationships influence and help shape behaviour and desired outcomes. Much like the famous Italian sculptor (Michelangelo) was able to envision the potential in a slab of marble, when a manager or mentor sees potential in us and works to harness that potential through things such as ‘stretch goals’ or project opportunities they are helping you realize your inner ‘Michelangelo’.

The result? Highly skilled and motivated teams that are driven to perform more proficiently and are more engaged overall.

Do you dread the idea of conflict? Does the need to provide ‘feedback’ promote anxiety?

We’ve all struggled with the right and wrong ways to provide constructive feedback or advocate for an alternative point of view or even deal with an interpersonal style difference.

Healthy teams and their leaders lean into the difficult conversations but do so by providing very clear rules of engagement and creating a safe space to explore differing opinions, with a clear end-state goal in mind. Clearly defining the why, how and what we hope to accomplish. The ability to effectively navigate and manage conflict is an imperative skill

Focus. Sometimes it seems like we are living in a world designed to ensure we are in a state of constant distraction. The ability to concentrate on a specific task or activity is becoming an increasingly bigger challenge. The advent of digital devices and social media has cultivated a state of ‘continuous partial attention’.  What’s that? Continuous

A study conducted by Leadership IQ in August 2020 found that individuals with a certain quality tended to thrive when dealing with our recent shift to remote work. Not only were these individuals able to respond to a change in their situation effectively, they were also able to maintain a sense of optimism and positivity.  

Have you ever felt overwhelmed with a task or goal?  Has the sheer idea of starting to tackle your ‘to-do’ list or even making a ‘to-do’ list paralyzed you into inaction? If so, you are not alone. Research has demonstrated the human brain has a limit on how much information it can process at once

Nudge yourself towards lasting behavioural change. What do we mean? One word. Kaizen. Kaizen, is a Japanese word meaning ‘continual improvement.’ Kaizen philosophy suggests that great and lasting change is achieved not through radical shifts in your behaviour but rather by taking small, consistent and repeatable steps. It is through tiny deviations in your existing