What’s The Real Secret To Success?
Sally Percy had just published an article in Forbes asking the above question. While she admits she does not really know she suggests it is some combination of enthusiasm, luck, persistence, family support, physical fitness, and a moral compass. I admit all can play some role but she has missed the real secret to success. In 1972 I was halfway through completing an MBA course at the London Business School. Charles Handy was my tutor. This was before Charles had.....
Read MoreAnother Emotional Intelligence Cornerstone is Crumbling
Each week BBC.com sends out a newsletter If You Only Read Six Things This Week. There is generally at least one article that piques my interest but this week there was 22 Carat Gold. The article Why Our Facial Expressions Don’t Reflect Our Feelings is a bombshell in the world of Emotional Intelligence. Since the publication of Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence in 1995 one of the cornerstones of EQ theory has been Paul Ekman’s theory of Core Emotions based on Facial Expressio.....
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator
One of the LinkedIn groups I belong to is The Emotional Intelligence Connection which has just under 10,000 members. Last week Robin Hills who runs Ei4Change posted a link to a white paper “Emotional Intelligence and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator” and I downloaded it. Robin has asked me for my comments. To his credit, Robin is the first MBTI acolyte I have read who describes the Myers Briggs a decision making system that uses four axes. Where a person prefers to get or focu.....
Read MoreThe Emotional Intelligence of Cheats
In my previous blog I defined the 7MTF/Humm as the “Five-Factor-Model + Corporate Bully + Corporate Psychopath.” I then came across an interesting article “Cheats Smell Success” by Ruth Ostrow in the Australian (7/4/18). According to the article psychologists say we all cheat to varying degrees and that it is a behaviour that we pick up while young or at school. Subsequently Ostrow argues that cheating is a natural part of Darwinian evolution and that narcissistic personality .....
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