“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.” – Daniel Goleman Is emotional intelligence important to you?
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“The culture of a workplace – an organization’s values, norms and practices – has a huge impact on our happiness and success.” – Adam Grant What most impacts your happiness and success? I have found that my interactions with others has a big influence on this for me. If my interactions with family, friends, or
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“Don’t focus on the failures. Focus on the journey toward results. It’s better to do something and fail than to not try anything at all.” ~ Ajaero Tony Martins Do you focus on the failures of people or their potential? Leaders are passionate about leading others to make something better. This is called vision. However,
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“I believe I have the popular reputation of being a story-teller, but I do not deserve the name in its general sense, for it is not the story itself, but its purpose, or effect, that interests me.” – Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln is a highly influential leader in history, who was a master at communication,
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Do you want to be a thought leader? Do you want to have an organization that innovates and influences? However, to be a thought leader, you first have to know your thoughts! I was talking to a leader yesterday, who recognized that he needs to slow down. He stated that the faster he goes the
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So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12 Do you have a heart of wisdom? Eleanor Rosch, an eminent psychologist at UC Berkeley, has dedicated herself to the study of knowledge. She has identified that there are two types of knowledge: conventional analytical knowledge and
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“Retain the faith that you will prevail in the end regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your reality–whatever they might be.” – The Stockdale Paradox The Stockdale Paradox was developed by author Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great. He had the privilege of meeting Admiral
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“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to … there is nothing you cannot achieve.” – Lao Tzu Do you want to be a catalyst for change? The dictionary definition of catalyst is an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action. It is one
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“If we deny people’s great need for relationships, for systems of support, for work that connects to a larger purpose, they push back.” – Margaret J. Wheatley What does a leadership team look like to you? The dictionary definition defines team as “a number of persons associated in some joint action.” A team is a
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“Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That’s what I have to say. The second is only part of the first.” – Anna Quindlen Are you living your life purpose and values or is something else defining your life? Sometimes we let work define our life. Our work title becomes our identity
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