How to build driven teams
Autonomy, mastery, and purpose! For the win. This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
People services
“Sam wondered if emotional intelligence could explain why some teams excelled…”
This is a story about Sam. Sam works in human resources, aka people services, at Company X. Sam discovers how to get certified in emotional intelligence assessment, so that he can help all the teams…
EITC Webinar: Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety
You may have been hearing a lot about the importance of psychological safety in the workplace lately. What is meant by psychological safety and what is the relationship with emotional intelligence? Join David Cory and…
Webinar with CPHR BC & Yukon: Emotional Intelligence and Authenticity
Join David Cory on February 25, 2020Webinar starts at 9:30am PacificOnline webinar: register by Friday February 21Members get access freeNon-members pay $29.99 In many models of transformational leadership Authenticity is a critical component. Join David…
How the structure of offices shapes collaboration
The glorious and sometimes (often?) uncomfortable thing about science, is that it can deliver answers to questions that are counter-intuitive. Take open offices, for example. Who could predict that open offices would result in significantly…
Victoria Chapter of the Institute for Performance and Learning, UVic
Met a great group of people at the Victoria Chapter of the Institute for Performance and Learning last night at UVIC. Thanks for inviting me to be your guest speaker! See you next time!
Courage to Coach and Coaching with Courage
Join ICF Calgary for breakfast at Joey Chinnook, with David Cory of EITC. June 6, 2019, 7:00 am – 9:30 am…
Optimism and race aware people services
There is a large and growing realm of research about race-aware human resource and team building policies. What it all points to is that so-called “colour-blind” policies don’t work – they protect racism. Take for…
Team effectiveness and psychological safety
Without psychological safety, there is the risk that team members shut down and stop sharing their ideas and taking risks. To create and maintain psychological safety requires that team leaders and team members understand more about how emotions affect team performance.
Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise. – The New York Times
This is a fantastic read about the challenges of observational studies that don’t account for selection bias. Wow. The best of these observational studies try to control for these variables. Even so, we can never…
Everyday compassion at Google
Google’s “Jolly Good Fellow,” Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business — and its bold side projects.
re:Work – It’s time to structure flexibility
There’s a flexibility gap: 80% of companies say they offer some form of flexibility, but only 19% of employees report having access to it. The solution, ironically, is to add more structure to flexibility. Source:…
Providing the exact right balance of criticism
Research from the University of Michigan shows that the right dose of constructive criticism is actually one of the biggest factors in predicting a high-performing team. And research from John Gottman, Ph.D., a top relationship…
Bad science threatens Human Resources
It’s not always easy to distinguish science from marketing…