How to navigate the social collective. Our inner dialogue has an outer impact. By taking it in hand, and developing an inner locus, we can chart our relationship landscape with confidence. By directing our own mindset and championing our competencies, we grow in confidence. We can be authentic, acknowledging our strengths and flaws. ...
Making Time for People
Achieving our aspirations involves ongoing personal reflection, continuous learning and nurturing our relationships. With 2011 around the corner many are looking reflectively at the past year and considering ways to improve our efforts for the new year. Most of us already have several systems to organize our lives, project plans at work, a family...
The Importance of Trust in Business Relationship Management
Trust is a valuable objective of our business relationships, it is the foundation of a sustainable marketplace. Managing the quantity and quality of relationships and conversations on the web requires a sophistication of competencies. Whilst a combination of metrics, statistics, monitoring software reveal and manage trends, the ultimate arbiter of quality is...
Civility and Social Capital
“So let us begin anew —- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.” ~ John F. Kennedy Civility is defined as ‘Formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech’. Civil society, civic culture, and social capital are all important for strengthening democracy...
Intrapersonal Relationship – Getting to know you
Intrapersonal activity, aka reflective review, leads to improved interpersonal exchange. Taking accountability for understanding your motivations, interpretations and personal biases lends insight to how our perspectives and perceptions colour our interactions. Emotional intelligence equates with our capacity for a greater spectrum of response to both...
You’re on the right path
Human beings have been using stones to guide the way for milenia. The traditional meaning of the inukshuk is “Someone was here” or “You are on the right path.” The Inuit make inuksuit in different forms for a variety of purposes: as navigation or directional aids, to mark a place of respect or memorial for a beloved person, or to...