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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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Unlock Your Potential: Harness the Enneagram for Professional and Personal Growth with Sarah Wallace

Consulting Matters

Through her vivid explanations and personal journey, Sarah will empower you to harness the Enneagram's unique approach to understanding motives and behaviors in order to break free from your comfort zone and take big risks in your consulting and coaching journey.

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The Rise of AI Makes Emotional Intelligence More Important

Harvard Business

It’s long been known that AI and automation/robotics will change markets and workforces. Jobs like teacher, doctor, financial advisor, stockbroker, marketer, and business consultant. Business consultants do much of the same, but diagnose and solve business problems. Invest in developing your emotional intelligence.

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Consulting's Secret Club

Successful Independent Consulting

Last August I wrote a blog post about how labels matter , specifically that you should make more money by calling yourself a consultant instead of a contractor. It’s not enough to simply replace contractor with consultant on your résumé and LinkedIn profile. Consultants flock together and run in the same circles. We just know.

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Contractor, Consultant, or Both: It Matters!

Successful Independent Consulting

With the rise of the free agent nation and gig economy , there’s rampant confusion around the terms contractor, consultant, and independent contractor. If you are a self-employed consultant, you don’t want to be a contractor but do want to be an independent contractor. This means consultants can charge higher rates.

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How to Find the Exact Words that Attract Your Clients (and Gets them Excited to Work with You)

Consulting Matters

Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. It's the lack of words that keeps websites from getting launched and marketing tactics from getting implemented. Yes, emotions. Emotional intelligence [has become] simply new jargon for discussing our emotions. Yes, emotions.

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LSA Global Delivers Action Learning Leadership Program for Senior Executives at High Growth Market Leader

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for an action learning program entitled Leading Leaders for Senior Executives.