Temperament causes the downfall of another CEO.
There was an interesting article in The Weekend Australian, 5 September by Joyce Moullakis, Why QBE had to cut short CEO’s tenure, about former CEO of QBE Insurance, Pat Regan, who was forced by the QBE board to resign a week ago. I found it interesting, not because the article was about his sexual misconduct but because what it revealed about Regan’s temperament. In the article Moullakis lists a number of employee descriptions about Regan: “Super and ultra-competitive” .....
Read MoreVindication within Seven Days
It is not often I put forward a hypothesis that is quickly and scientifically validated but it has just happened to me. On 9 August 2020 I published a blog On Bullies and Psychopaths. In the blog I discussed our experience as venture capitalists when we psych profiled prospective entrepreneurs. I go into more detail in this blog written eleven years before EQ and the Entrepreneur. My main hypothesis is that successful entrepreneurs contain three dominant 7MTF EQ components in their.....
Read MoreOn Bullies and Psychopaths
Recently the Wall Street Journal published this article by Elizabeth Bernstein: Why It Seems Like Bullies Are Everywhere—and How to Stop Them. The sub-title was Bullies try to intimidate people they see as weak or vulnerable. Here’s how to respond. In the article the author makes a common mistake. She conflates bullies and psychopaths. The former group see some people as weak; the latter see some people as vulnerable. Bullies are egotistical: they are boastful, vain and opini.....
Read MoreThe 9 Best EQ Courses but Where is Temperament?
My Google Emotional Intelligence feed recently sent me this blog by Allison Martin: Best Emotional Intelligence Training Courses. The blog lists information about nine courses about emotional intelligence. The list includes lecturers from such esteemed suppliers as the University of Maryland, Case Western Reserve University and the Indian School of Business. What I found interesting is that none of the blurbs for the nine courses included any mention of temperament. The article real.....
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Peter Morris, Executive Officer, Lomax Financial Group
Your presentation on 'Lifting your Level of Emotional Intelligence" to 10 CEOs scored an average 8.9 out of 10 for the topic and 8.5 for the presentation which is great. A couple of the attendees gave you a 10 out of 10, and the comments were:
- Great presentation. Very informative.
- Excellent presentation.
- made me think.
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