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How Leadership Self-Awareness Improves Financial Performance

Organizational Talent Consulting

Whether you're the CEO or a frontline leader, financial performance is a measure of effectiveness. In today's increasingly complex and culturally-diverse workplace , leaders that are able to perceive, assess, and regulate their own and others' emotions accurately are able to better promote unity and team morale⁠. Baldoni, J.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

Be sure to ask referees about the candidate’s soft skills and social and emotional-intelligence-based capabilities, says Fernández-Aráoz. ’” Pat says that asking for an example resulted in “a rich story” of how Jane streamlined financial controls at her old organization.