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The Power of WeLead to Change Organizational Culture

A culture of authenticity, inspiration and ego-free relationships will inspire your people to take risks, go the extra mile and surpass performance expectations. Time and again, we have seen how grateful people are when leaders create cultures that make that possible. If your organization could use this, consider holding a WeLead, LaL’s in-house leadership development and culture change program. Here is Marc-Andre Olivier, LaL’s WeLead Director and Senior Facilitator & Coach, talking about the power of WeLead.

 

 

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By Marc-Andre Olivier   April 10, 2013   Category: Changing Behaviors, Organizational Development   1 Comment comments

The Power of Vulnerability

iStock_000017496084_ExtraSmallLAL executive coach Marc-Andre Olivier explores the power we gain by allowing ourselves to be vulnerable in the workplace.

It was the standard CEO kick-off speech launching our WeLead training program. My client (the CEO) came in and spoke to his team about the transitions they were facing as an organization, what some of their goals were and how LaL’s leadership training aligned with that. He mentioned to the group that he and his senior team had been through the training themselves, and described how it had dramatically changed the way they worked together; the value gained beyond the workplace and the significant difference it had made in his personal life.  He then encouraged his team to take full advantage of the opportunity available.

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By Marc-Andre Olivier   March 16, 2012   Category: Changing Behaviors, Ego, Organizational Development, Team Building, Transformational Leadership   10 Comments comments

Getting Beneath Anger With Self-Awareness

Agressive businesswoman with boxing gloves ready for fightingIn my last blog post on the brain and its impact on our behavior, I highlighted the gap that exists between what is happening and how we can perceive that as a threat. In this post, I want to focus on the power that awareness has to circumvent that dynamic.

One of my coaching clients, a top-notch lawyer in an international firm, was heading up a country branch for her company. One day she received a copy of an email sent to one of her subordinates by another country manager. In her fellow country manager’s email, he offered to help the subordinate in my client’s office with the hiring of a local attorney.

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By Marc-Andre Olivier   November 29, 2011   Category: Changing Behaviors, Ego, Transformational Leadership   15 Comments comments

The Brain Chemistry of Perceived Threats

iStock_000001619589_LargeIn my last post on the brain, I covered three important parts of our brain and the various roles they play in our responses to sensory input. In this post, I want to look at how perceived threats impact our behavior.

I was coaching an executive who was having a problem with one of his employees arriving late to meetings. After several conversations with the staff member about the importance of being punctual, the employee arrived late to yet another meeting.

Upon seeing his staff member walk in late, my client felt angry and “blew up” in front of everyone else in the room. In his mind, he was aggravated because of his staff member’s behavior. It was only in our coaching call that he realized that the primary source of his anger was his own interpretation of his employee’s tardiness as a sign of disrespect or threat to his authority. We call these internal triggers “hot buttons.”

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By Marc-Andre Olivier   October 17, 2011   Category: Changing Behaviors, Ego, Organizational Development, Transformational Leadership   13 Comments comments

Do You Know These Three Different Parts Of Your Brain?

iStock_000007825828_ExtraSmallThere are more neurons in our brains than stars in the Milky Way, and nobody fully understands how our brains really work. Still, as the statistician George E. P. Box wrote, “all models are wrong, but some are useful.” So, over the next few blog posts I will provide a simplified model (taken from our Personal Mastery program) of how our brains influence our actions and various ways we can work with our neurobiology to make better choices.

In this first post, let’s take a look at three different parts of our brains and how they impact us.

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By Marc-Andre Olivier   October 7, 2011   Category: Changing Behaviors, Ego, Transformational Leadership   No Comments comments

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