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Which Emotional Intelligence Skills Drive High Performance?

July 10, 2023
Emotional Intelligence, Leadership

A guide to the 5 emotional intelligence skills that consistently show up in effective leaders.   The research is clear: emotional intelligence is the number one predictor of leadership success. Up to 90% of leadership effectiveness is due to the leader’s EQ or emotional quotient. How? Mostly through these five emotional intelligence skills that show up consistently in successful leaders. Together, these skills create the ability to respond in the moment to others in a way that will result in…

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Why High Trust Cultures Create High Performing Companies

February 24, 2023
blog, Emotional Intelligence, HR and Employee Development, Leadership

If you want to build a high performing company, start by building a high trust culture through emotional intelligence. Some people think employees are inherently untrustworthy, lazy and self-serving. Others believe employees are inherently trustworthy and motivated by a sense of pride in their work. Who is right? Research says: they are both right. As it turns out, the assumptions that managers make about employees determines the outcome. If you start with an emotional intelligence approach and build trust, you…

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Free Leadership Workshop: One-on-Ones that Motivate

June 2, 2025
blog, Emotional Intelligence, HR and Employee Development, Leadership

If you have ever felt like your one-on-ones are a waste of time, this free leadership workshop is for you! Do you want to: If so, join me in this free leadership workshop, June 25, 2025, 3:00 to 3:45. Discover how to use meetings to build self-esteem and other important skills on your team for higher productivity. I used hundreds of one-on-one to build and scale my startup. I have helped hundreds of clients learn how to use meetings to…

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Announcing My Free Webinar: Supercharge Your Employee One-on-Ones

April 7, 2025
blog, Emotional Intelligence, HR and Employee Development, Leadership

This free webinar offers 12 tips to make 1-on-1s the most productive time in your week. One of the things my clients thank me for most are my tips for productive 1-on-1s. Now you can have these tips for free! Please join me for a free webinar entitled: Supercharge Your One-on-Ones: 12 Tips to make 1:1s the most productive time in your week. When managers first come to me for coaching, many of them think these weekly meetings are a…

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My Gratitude Project 2024

November 10, 2024
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Welcome to My Gratitude Project 2024 where I am celebrating the small things I’m grateful for every day in November. Nov. 2 Every year in November, I practice 30 days of gratitude.* Taking time to be grateful about what is going right grounds me and helps me focus on what I want more of in my life. Amid epidemic levels of anxiety and uncertainty, practicing gratitude is something we can all do to remind ourselves of what is good. Beauty,…

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5 Tips for Better Leadership with Emotional Intelligence

October 14, 2024
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If you want to increase your emotional intelligence, try these 5 tips for improving team performance. What most people want to know is how does emotional intelligence make people more successful, and more to the point, how can you raise the EQ of yourself or your team. There are a lot of things you can do to improve how you motivate and manage your team. My new blog on LinkedIn explores 5 simple techniques for becoming more effective as a…

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What is Psychological Safety and How Does it Improve Performance?

September 19, 2024
blog, Emotional Intelligence, HR and Employee Development, Leadership

Psychological safety helps you catch and correct mistakes instead of retaliating, blaming, or shaming. It is the key to an office culture where everyone brings their best game every day. Psychological safety is the assurance that you will not be retaliated against or blamed in any way for mistakes on the job. It describes an office culture where people accept that mistakes will be made, and that the best way to deal with them is to work together to catch…

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