“Beware the self-righteous man, for he will destroy the world many times over before he sees his folly.” (Stewart Stafford)
Two interesting blogs appeared in my in-tray recently: 5 Ways to Handle People Who Always Think They’re Right People who think their opinions are superior to others are most prone to overestimating their relevant knowledge and ignoring chances to learn more For those who know the 7MTF/Humm model of temperament it takes about six seconds to realise that both blogs are dealing with the Politician component. As it says on my website if you ask people high in the Politician compone.....
Read MoreReflections on Marc Brackett: “Emotional Intelligence as a Superpower”
Recently I was sent a You Tube video featuring Marc Brackett, the Director of the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, speaking at Google. The title of the talk is “Emotional Intelligence as a Superpower”. I had heard Marc Brackett give the keynote speech at the 2017 Emotional Intelligence Congress held in Oporto. Much of the content of the two talks overlapped. Marc spent a considerable time in the beginning of his talk on the Mood Meter. This is a simple 2x2 quadrant using .....
Read MoreComments on a recent blog by Daniel Goleman: Do You Make This One Big Mistake About Emotional Intelligence?
I follow Daniel Goleman on Twitter and recently he posted a very interesting blog on his LinkedIn page: Do You Make This One Big Mistake About Emotional Intelligence? According to Goleman he winces every time he hears “She’s got a high EQ,” or “He doesn’t have any EQ.” This is because there is no single score that sums up a person’s emotional intelligence. Instead Goleman refers to his original 1995 model. There are four domains of EI: self-awareness, self-management, .....
Read MoreReview of Build Your Leader Identity by Suzi Skinner
One of my favourite expressions is “Leaders are readers” so like many readers I have stack of unread books sitting on a shelf. I have promised myself to clear the stack by the end of the year. I am halfway through when I came across Skinner’s book. When I got the book I cannot remember but having just facilitated a Harvard Club Masterclass on Practical Emotional Intelligence for Leaders I felt I would have to review the book. The subtitle of the book is “A Practical Guide To L.....
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"Put in a sales perspective, I loved your presentation! I got a lot from what you talked about and I will read your book."
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.
Christi Spring CEO Institute. - web www.ceo.com.au.