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Humour: higher status and competence

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Humor, used skillfully, greases the management wheels… it reduces hostility, deflects criticism, relieves tension, improves morale and helps communicate difficult messages… A natural facility with humor… is intertwined with, and appears to be a marker for, a much broader managerial trait: high emotional intelligence.” Fabio Sala, “Laughing all the Way to the Bank,” Harvard Business […].

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The high cost of a little bit sooner

Seth Godin Blog

As the news cycle has trained us to find out results the moment they happen (or sometimes, as polling promises, before they happen), it’s easy to lose track of a simple truth: There’s a sweet spot between knowing with certainty at a low price (yesterday’s weather report is free) and guessing with a bit of a head start at a huge price (insider trading information).

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Learning How to Listen: Understanding the 1to1 Conversation (Podcast)

Leadership Vision Consulting

On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brian and Nathan talk about how to have a conversation with someone that helps them better understand how they are wired within the context of their Strengths and their story. The post Learning How to Listen: Understanding the 1to1 Conversation (Podcast) appeared first on Leadership Vision.

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