Emotional self-awareness is the most important skill for leadership effectiveness.
The key to emotional self-expression is the Goldilocks rule: not too much, not too little, just right.
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…
My new post in Forbes can help you remove judgment from your managing style and encourage others more positively.
When you have true self-regard, you can look yourself in the eye on your worst day and still believe in your best self.
A primer for what it looks like to be high or low in these key emotional intelligence skills.
The Key Elements for Promotability are Rooted in Emotional Intelligence What executives and upper management know that individual contributors often miss, is that being seen and heard are important to being promoted into leadership. Studies on promotability have confirmed what other studies have already established, that emotional intelligence—particularly emotional awareness—is essential for promotability and career advancement. The other three traits you need to demonstrate in a workplace to be seen as ripe for promotion are Strategic Thinking, Thought Leadership, and…