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CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - FEBRUARY / MARCH 2012
The second way I believe people
can be inf luenced is to be the
kind of person, through direct
action and personal example,
that other people want to
emulate. For me, this is an open
ended and ever evolving process
that is based around creating
conditions in the workplace that
foster a safe environment for
people to drop their fear based
behaviors and begin to show up
more authentically.
In essence, the kind of
inf luence I’m talking about is a
top down leadership approach
where the employer comes to be
seen as somebody who operates
from a place of integrity and
level emotional disposition. And
by integrity, I mean someone
who is coming from a place of
high moral and ethical standards
in his or her own life, and
behaves in a way that he or she
can then justif iably expect their
employees to strive towards
emulating as well.
My f inancial services company
is based on four core principles,
or pillars, which I hope trickle
down to my employees in some
way.
The first pillar is to have some daily practice of
silence/meditation. Find a technique that
works best for you, and take some time each
day to quiet your mind and senses so that you
can develop more control over your thoughts
and interactions. You will be able to think
more clearly and function more effectively.
Stress is contagious, but so is stillness.
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BUILDING A POSITIVE CORPORATE CULTURE