Emotional Intelligence and the CryptoLocker virus
There I was sitting at my computer one day after flying back to Sydney from Istanbul (a 22 hour journey) looking at my 300 or so emails (I deleted over 1000 during the month I was away) when I saw a new email from Australia Post asking me to open an attachment containing information about a missed parcel delivery. I was expecting a delivery of wine. Also my mind was suffering from jet lag and what the Buddhists call “monkey mind” — and we think of one thing and then another like the ra.....
Read MoreThoughts on Antigone
In the early 1970s I did an MBA at the newly created London Business School. My tutor, Charles Handy had created an elective called The Art of Decision Making. Each week we would study a classic where we would engage in Socratic debate about what the play could teach us as future managers. The first play we discussed was Sophocles’ Antigone. I had never heard of it. However it created such an epiphany to me that I wrote an e-book: The Emotional Intelligence of Antigone. Last week .....
Read MoreThe 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 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.