To Reflect of Deflect, that is the question…
Continuing this month's focus on Emotional Intelligence best practices, let's turn our sights toward the maturation process of becoming a leader. Sounds like a heavy topic for our Friday morning...
Thought Partner Blog
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Last week I wrote about HOW you can tap into your Emotional Intelligence and provided three tips for practicing your "likability factor". If you missed that Thought Partner (and for...
3 Tips for Practicing Emotional Intelligence
Over the years, I've written extensively about the components of Emotional Intelligence, which include Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management. There are now more Thought Partners in the archives...
Words are Secret Powers
It makes my day when: You hit reply and tell me something I wrote resonated and you found it valuable. You tell me you used one of my activities, suggestions,...
Weather Patterns
The other day I was working at our local overpriced national coffee conglomerate when I was distracted by the conversation unfolding at the table next to me. Being a naturally...
Invest or Divest
As "working with and through others" is our theme this month, I thought I might tackle a subject that may be less-than-popular, but certainly one that deserves some daylight nonetheless. ...
Defining Leadership
While preparing to conduct a recent leadership workshop, I came across a Forbes article claiming over 800 definitions for the word "leadership". The author hones in on five definitions he feels...
Personal User Manuals
As August tends to mark the end of "vacation season" and "back to school" for many, this month I thought we could refocus on getting back into the swing of...
Avoidable Miscommunications
As we wrap this month's final week of exploring sabotaging behaviors, we're shining a light on (what may be obvious, but sometimes isn't) avoidable miscommunications. I know I'm not the...
Accidental Diminishers
As we continue to investigate the practices and habits that may limit our potential, or inadvertently sabotage our efforts at becoming the strongest leaders we can be, today we're going...