Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ, Leading During Change or Transition | Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
During the good times when work is flowing and results are good, the level of a leader’s emotional intelligence is not seriously tested. However, when things get tough, a lack of emotional intelligence will become very obvious and will have an impact beyond the leader to his or her people.
Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, February 21st, 2011
To remain effective in a leadership role, leaders should invest time and effort in the continuous development of their emotional intelligence (EQ). Leaders with a good level of EQ can more easily navigate leadership challenges and remain calm, confident and effective.
Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, November 29th, 2010
When new results are being sought in the business world we often hear terms like ‘organisational development’, ‘team dynamics’ and ‘culture change’ being identified as areas requiring attention. And when you distil it right down, significant new results come off the back of new individual, team or organisation-wide behaviours.
Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ, Coaching Your People | Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
A key function of a leader is to influence key stakeholders, whether they are internal to the organisation or external. Your success in achieving this level of influence is often based less on your proposition than it is on your ability to build relationships with these stakeholders. Developing these relationships relies on your interpersonal skills.
Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Those who take their leadership to new heights develop the ability to positively impact and influence others. The impact may involve anything from building relationships to motivating to influencing change. Irrespective of who you wish to impact and how, it starts with self-awareness.
Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ, Developing Leadership Influence | Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Leadership is not practised in a vacuum. Every leader needs the ability to build and maintain relationships to be successful. Leaders who build meaningful connections with people have a platform for influencing and leading them. Without that connection, the opportunity for influence is compromised.
Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
When executives are presented with particularly challenging leadership situations, maintaining resilience in tough times is a key to success. How do leaders remain consistently positive in the face of these challenges?
Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, September 13th, 2010
For many of our leadership coaching clients, gaining other perspectives is a key outcome of the coaching process and adds significantly to their self-awareness. Executives may not have self-awareness of the baggage, emotions, fears, risks, and consequences they bring to the decision making process. Exploring different perspectives on an issue can help find win-win solutions.
Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Obtaining effective leadership feedback can be a challenge for leaders and those reporting to them, but is critical to the success of the executive and their organisation.
Posted in: Building Emotional Intelligence EQ, Developing Leadership Influence | Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Good communication skills are a key ingredient to effective management and leadership. A leader who has listened well will have much better information to make more effective decisions.
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