Comments 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.....
Read MoreThese jobs are most likely to attract psychopaths
These jobs are most likely to attract psychopaths is an article that recently appeared in the Human Resources Director magazine. The article makes use of a list that appeared in The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Professor Kevin Dutton. The book lists the following occupations where corporate psychopaths are likely to be found: CEO, Lawyer, Media (TV/radio), Salesperson, Surgeon, Journalist, Police officer, Clergy, Chef, and Civil servant. I have reviewed Dutton’s book in a separate blog but .....
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence and the Reality Distortion Field
One of my coaching clients who is a consultant to one of Australia’s largest independent IT companies sent me an email about how it was looking at the Reality Distortion Field (RDF) to improve its performance in project delivery. For those of you unfamiliar with the term Wikipedia defines Reality Distortion Field as a term first used by Bud Tribble at Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs's charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Macintosh p.....
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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.