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Tag: EQ

  • What Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness Training ISN’T

    Why is emotional intelligence suddenly so touted as a major leadership skill? Because we know a lot more about what makes people tick, what motivates them, and what inspires top performance than we ever did before. HINT: It’s not the old dominant intimidation model that helped the moguls of the past become monopolists (Ford, Rockefeller, […]

  • Bias is Human, Yet Harmful

      In my recruiting days I had a Vice President who advised repeatedly, “Refute your bias.” Obviously there are biases that could get us in legal trouble, but she was more so referring to the more subtle biases that can make us dismiss or favor certain candidates. This advice was not in contradiction to using […]

  • Now More Than Ever, Empathy and EQ Are Critical

    THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL POST. Now more than ever, in a divided country in conflict, organizations and employees will need to find ways to bridge the chasms that continue to grow between ideologies in order to enable an optimized future for us all. Should these adults just be able to suck it up, work […]