by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
I’m often asked to work with leaders to help them improve “leadership presence,” which is usually a catch-all phrase for intangible qualities of leadership that range from polishing their physical appearance to developing confidence to learning to be more...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Mario Sikora
We often find ourselves in the midst of a conflict without realizing how we got there and without really thinking about how we can find our way out. Or, since there are three instinctual ways of reacting to conflict (fight, flight, comply), we may find ourselves...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence, The Enneagram
This post is an excerpt from “The Notes and the Melody: An Introduction to the Awareness to Action Approach to the Enneagram,” by Mario Sikora. The book can be obtained here. The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever;...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Organizational Culture
It should be a simple question, but I’m usually a bit perplexed when people ask me for recommendations for business or leadership books to read. There seems to be an endless supply of such books, with new ones being published each week. Many are good and worthwhile;...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora
Every generation tends to think it is living in a uniquely revolutionary time. This generation may actually be correct—the world seems to be changing exponentially and to degrees that have not been seen since the Industrial Revolution. Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Humans are contradictory creatures. We have the capacity to step back, think rationally, and reason through complex problems, but we often don’t use that capacity—relying instead on snap judgments to guide us. Daniel Kahneman’s book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,”...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Organizational Culture
In a previous article I wrote about “Instinctual Leadership” and the effect of our instinctual bias on the way we perform as leaders. As I wrote there, each of us has a tendency to habitually focus on one of three domains of life’s challenges more than on the...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Leadership-Teambuilding-Performance, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Each of us is wired with instinctual drives that shape what we value and what aspects of life we focus on. These drives have been wired into us through millions of years of evolutionary pressures and they enhance our ability to survive and reproduce. Understanding how...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Most advice on how to change is very straightforward (and simplistic): Become aware of your patterns and what you need to do differently, then make a plan for doing the new behavior. Of course, if it were that easy, everyone would keep their New Year’s...
by Mario Sikora | Oct 19, 2019 | Article, Blog, Clear Thinking, Mario Sikora, Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Flipping through a recent issue of a prominent business magazine, I came across yet another article on how organizations are flocking to “mindfulness” training based on traditional Eastern practices. In fact, according to the article some 22% of companies offer such...
