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Emotional Intelligence – It’s not all about you

Peter Stark

Although being smart and having a high IQ should help an individual’s leadership and career success, it’s certainly not a guarantee. Many times, we work with a leader who is high on IQ, intelligence, and low on EQ, emotional intelligence. Remember, leadership is about other people.

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Harnessing Emotional Intelligence to Get the Most Out Of Your People - w/ Robin Hills Ep#90

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we were live with Robin Hills from the United Kingdom. Robin is the Director of Ei4Change , a company that delivers educational training based on emotional intelligence.

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Servant Leadership: The Antidote to Toxic Workplaces

Rick Conlow

Servant Leadership is the antidote to toxic workplaces. Too often companies take advantage of employees and treat them as lower class citizens. Employees want and need leaders who are humane, empathetic and skilled in emotional intelligence. Now, it helps if a company elevates its culture. gain by employees.

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How Leadership Self-Awareness Improves Financial Performance

Organizational Talent Consulting

A study involving 486 companies found it moderated business success, and poor-performing businesses had 20% more leaders with blind spots. Unfortunately, self-awareness is rare in leadership. Here are two proven strategies to increase leadership self-awareness and the signs when it might be lacking.

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Leadership is about People-First NOT Profit

Rick Conlow

Leadership is about people-first. Isn’t it time leadership understands this? Aren’t you weary of the steady stream of leadership nonsense you hear from politics, Washington, or the corporate office? Leadership derailment studies show that 82% of managers fail. Do not accept stupid and greedy leadership.

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Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

Harvard Business

It’s possible to fake emotional intelligence. Similar to knockoffs of luxury watches or handbags, there are emotions and actions that look like the real thing but really aren’t. Given that most people aren’t sociopaths, in my experience, the more common misuses of emotional intelligence are subconscious.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Effective leadership is communication. A few things about effective leadership communication are proven based on several studies over the past two decades. With these recommendations, you can focus on the critical few proven leadership communication solutions that create business results. Why Leadership Communication Matters.