Organizational and Business

The Importance of Creating a Sense of Belonging in Organizations

People need to feel a sense of belonging in order to find meaning in their work and to engage the power of their emotions. The more employees discover links between personal ideals, a meaningful organizational mission or intention, and larger social values, the greater their commitment to their goals. They need to be able to connect their own identify to the organizations intrinsic identity in order to feel a part of the collective. This provides them with a mechanism for the expression of caring about the organization they belong to.

Woman in Business - Managing Perceptions

Our assumptions and perceptions colour how we view the world and people in it. We project on to others our idea of who they should be and treat them as though that is actually who they are, based on our beliefs and preconceived ideas and what is most familiar to us. This contributes to our cultural stereotypes. When we see a women, we don’t always see who she really is, but project the stereotype for what a woman “should” be like based on our personal bias and conditioning.

Stress in the Workplace

Contemporary Stress is more pervasive, persistent and insidious, and stems primarily from psychological than from physical threats. Wellness and Stress Reduction Programs combine the best of Western business and management strategies, with Eastern health-promoting behaviours, to maximize the potential of each individual. Participants are offered the tools and simple techniques that empower them to make lasting life changes to their attitudes and behaviours.

Creating a Culture of Wellness

Employee Assistance Programs on their own do not solve productivity, performance, or behavioural issues. A cultural approach to changing behaviors to support wellness is required.

Managing Performance by Understanding Behaviour

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Striving Styles and Teamwork

By understanding the different needs, approaches, strengths and weaknesses of each of the Striving Styles, the organization can maximize a team’s effectiveness by harnessing the natural energy that is engaged when individuals can meet their own needs through teamwork.

Using the Striving Styles System in the Workplace

The Striving Styles System goes deeper than other systems of typology by looking at the predominant needs of each of the Styles and how they behave when they are self-actualizing and self-protecting.

Leaders, are You in the Drivers Seat? - Striving Styles Lecture Series

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Intrinsic Motivation and the Striving Styles System

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Intrinsic Motivation - Employee Engagement

Leaders do best when they assess their employees Striving Style, their abilitity to strive and whether their dominant need can be met through their work.