The Emotional Intelligence of Hilary Clinton
I blogged about Donald Trump’s EQ last month and Peter Chamberlin asked me to blog about the EQ of Hilary Clinton. Who am I to refuse the demands of my readers? Contrasting the EQ of the two candidates has become a popular topic. I have been beating the drum since 1995 that the key to understanding someone’s EQ is recognising his or her temperament components. However when I read an article that includes problem solving (an IQ variable) as an EQ component that is part of someone’s .....
Read MoreExploring Women’s Relationships with Power
There I was again, in a crowd of 300 people with a gender ratio of 20 females to 1 male. This time it was an afternoon seminar organised by the American Chamber of Commerce. It was an Amcham Women in Management event: Exploring Women's Relationships with Power. There was a 30-minute address by Sarah Cornally, a speaker and coach on leadership, followed by three-member panel discussion chaired by Adele Horin, editor of Boss magazine. Besides Sarah, the other female member was Catriona Noble, Ma.....
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence and Gender Inequality – Redux
In September 2013 my blog on Sheryl Sandberg caused an uproar in feminist cyberspace. Sandberg’s most famous quote is “A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.” My argument based on the Humm-Wadsworth model was that a 50/50 split is genetically impossible but a split of 2:1 is feasible. To say the feminists did not agree was an understatement. Recently Tracom published a blog Are Women Held Back By a Lack of Confidence? .....
Read MoreSheryl Kara Sandberg
Earlier this week I attended (along with about 1000 others) a talk by Sheryl Sandberg who is the chief operating officer of Facebook. Previously Sandberg was a C-level executive at Google for nine years and before that she served as chief of staff for Larry Summers when he was United States Secretary of the Treasury. In 2012 she was named in the Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and is reportedly worth US$1 billion. The talk took place in the Ballroom of t.....
Read MoreChris Golis - Author
"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.