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Talent Matters Even More than People Think

Harvard Business

Leaving aside luck, which equates to confessing that we don’t really know, there are really just two explanations: talent and effort. Talent concerns the abilities, skills, and expertise that determine what a person can do. Effort concerns the degree to which the person deploys their talents. Is talent overrated?

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Surprisingly, evidence from research suggests that proximity is not the critical determinant of communication effectiveness. Build Your Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is considered the ability to recognize, express, comprehend and regulate emotions. The importance of emotional intelligence.

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Preventing the Exodus of Quiet Quitting at Work

Rick Conlow

Other research suggests 67% of US and 85% of global workers could be quiet quitting. Decreased productivity: Quieting disengaged employees tend to be less motivated, which leads to decreased productivity. Increased turnover and talent loss: Quiet quitting eventually leads to increased employee turnover.

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Is Executive Coaching Really Worth it?

Organizational Talent Consulting

In a literature review of 81 executive coaching studies, researchers [link] found that executive coaching positively impacts the leader and the organization. Improved Emotional Intelligence (EQ) A recent Harvard study revealed that a leader's emotional intelligence (EQ) matters more than their mental ability (IQ).

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Why Coaching is the Secret Sauce of Leadership

Rick Conlow

It is about learning a process and applying all the skills required for good relationships and emotional intelligence. According to our research managers have on average 40-50 of these encounters in any given day. He had great talent, but he lacked focus. They found that training alone increased productivity by 22.4%.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. Research shows that CEOs only spend 4.3 Consider GM as a case study.

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The Most Common Type of Incompetent Leader

Harvard Business

Researchers have studied managerial derailment — or the dark side of leadership — for many years. Absentee leadership rarely comes up in today’s leadership or business literature, but research shows that it is the most common form of incompetent leadership. Emotional Intelligence.