Month: September 2024

By now you’ll already know that regularly revisiting any business goals is crucial to ensure that your business remains on track and adapts to any unforeseen changes in the market. Everything changes at a rate of knots, so it’s rare to be chasing the exact same thing your forecasted over 6 months ago.

The perfect time for a checkpoint is mid year.

Reviewing business goals halfway through the year provides an opportunity to evaluate your performance, identify new challenges, recognise successes and most importantly take action where you need to.

Building in time for a reflection period allows you to make strategic adjustments, such as reallocating resources, revising budgets, provide training or coaching solutions or even to simply shift priorities to match the current state of play. A mid-year review also fosters accountability and motivation among your team, ensuring everyone is aligned with their objectives and a reminder of why they are doing what they do!

Ultimately, a mid-year review is about staying agile and responsive, setting your business up for success for the remainder of the year.

If you’ve recently done this and need training, coaching or other BRAVE interventions now is the time to reach out. BRAVE isn’t just about conflict resolution, we can help you challenge the status quo, change the norm and be BRAVE.

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Imagine a teacher who truly believes in the potential of their students.

The interactions they display shows they holds high expectations, they communicate belief in their abilities, and invests time in their development. Surprisingly, more often than not, these students often rise to the occasion, performing better and achieving more.

This phenomenon is known as the Pygmalion Effect, a compelling demonstration of the power of expectations.

The Pygmalion Effect was studied in the educational context by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson in the 1960s. In their seminal experiment, they informed teachers that certain students were likely to be “intellectual bloomers” based on fictitious test results. These students, randomly selected, showed significant academic improvement over the school year, purely because their teachers expected them to succeed and unconsciously provided more support and encouragement.

This effect isn’t limited to classrooms. In the workplace, managers who believe in the capabilities of their employees often see higher productivity and job satisfaction. Similarly, athletes who are expected to excel by their coaches frequently surpass their performance benchmarks. The underlying mechanism is simple yet profound: belief shapes behaviour. When we believe someone will succeed, our actions towards them—whether in providing feedback, opportunities, or emotional support—create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
We see this in action when we deliver our BRAVE programmes to our clients. The culture we create is high support & high challenge and this allows the delegates to feel safe and grow their potential.

Harnessing the Pygmalion Effect involves conscious effort. It requires you to recognise potential, provide encouragement, and create environments where high expectations are the norm. Whether you are a leader, a manager, a coach, or a parent, your belief in others can be a powerful catalyst for unlocking potential.

In essence, the Pygmalion Effect is a testament to the transformative power of positive expectations.
By believing in the potential of others, we don’t just predict the future—we help shape it.

If you’d like to start embracing the Pygmalion Effect into your business then get in touch with us.

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