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Empathy: One of Six Behaviors that Build Trust and Belonging for High Performance

September 1, 2022
blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership

Empathy–and other behaviors rooted in emotional intelligence–are essential to creating the conditions for high performance. Empathy is the basis for workplace behaviors that lead to higher performing teams. Building a real culture of performance means going beyond putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. It means using empathy and all the other positive behaviors that build relationships of trust and belonging, including listening, recognition, curiosity, compassion and gratitude. Taking time to build authentic relationships of trust is essential to motivating and…

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Five Ways Emotional Self-Expression Helps Motivate Your Team

July 21, 2022
blog, Emotional Intelligence

The key to emotional self-expression is the Goldilocks rule: not too much, not too little, just right. Too little emotional self-expression can make you seem weak, and too much can make you feel oppressive, aggressive, or unacceptable. Learning how to express your emotions in just the right way helps unlock your power to increase motivation and engagement. Emotional self-expression is the ability to express yourself in ways that build relationships without offending or demeaning others. It helps you use your…

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Emotional Self-Awareness Is the Strongest Predictor of Overall Success

June 30, 2022
blog, Emotional Intelligence

Building emotional self-awareness increases your ability to motivate, influence, and get results from others. If you listen into C-Suite executives nearly everywhere, you will hear them discussing how this group or that person will feel about a decision. Often, there are long conversations analyzing how to take everyone’s feelings into account before deciding on the right course of action. They are practicing emotional self-awareness, the ability to tune into how they and others feel about something. They know that the…

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Three Tips for How Leaders Can Use Expectations to Develop High Performing Teams.

June 9, 2022
Emotional Intelligence, Leadership

Most people will meet your expectations. Give your team something to aim for. Our desire to fit in and meet expectations is a powerful innate motivator that is universal. It’s a powerful tool that leaders in every office can use to improve performance of whole teams. If you give people the conditions and expectations to grow, you will find that in nearly every case, they meet or exceed expectations. Imagine for a moment, a gardener taking two seeds from the…

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Leading Without Judgment

May 19, 2022
Emotional Intelligence

My new post in Forbes can help you remove judgment from your managing style and encourage others more positively. My new article in Forbes is entitled: The Case Against The Word ‘Should’: Less Judgment Allows Leaders To Better Connect With Their Teams.” My intention is to raise awareness of the subtle ways in which judgment creeps into managerial relationships, leaving damage in its wake. The word ‘should’ and other ways of telling people what to do often leave direct reports…

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