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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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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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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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If you have true self-regard, you can look yourself in the eye on your worst day and still believe in your best self. What is Self-Regard? Self-regard means liking the way you are, the good, the bad, and everything in between. It is related to self-confidence, but it’s even bigger. It is the essential starting place for emotional intelligence and leadership. You need to believe in yourself before others will believe in you. When you have self-regard, you know your…
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A Primer for What It Looks Like to be Low or High in These Key Emotional Intelligence Skills Emotional intelligence is a set of skills that give you the ability to be aware of your own and others’ emotions and to use that information strategically to make better decisions. We can talk about emotional intelligence skills in a lot of different ways, but five skills show up consistently in effective leaders. These skills are: What does it look like to…
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