Team Building using Emotional Intelligence
A common management task is to create a new team. This can be for the launch of a new product or the opening of a new branch. Sometimes an organisation appoints an outside manager as a replacement with the instructions to re-invigorate or turn around the current team. A common mistake by managers is to forget one of the key rules of life: We like those best who are like ourselves. While the well-known saying that opposites attract may be true in the realm of physics it does not hold in h.....
Read MoreBig Problem with EQ
There is a big problem with emotional intelligence. And it all started with Goleman’s book. While there is increasing agreement about what EQ is and why it is important, there is little or no understanding about how you can improve your own EQ. The common statement is that People drive performance and emotions drive people. What is missing is vital third link what drives emotions. I would argue that it is temperament that drives emotions. Temperament is genetic; it refers to the characteristi.....
Read MoreHou$e of Lie$
In an earlier blog The-emotional-intelligence-of-don-draper I noted that there were not many TV series about the corporate world. Another on has suddenly appeared: House of Lies. It is currently being shown on One on Monday nights. The show, is based on the book, House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, written by Martin Kihn, a former consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. Kihn’s book starts with two quotes: When Thales was asked what was diffic.....
Read MoreAre Emotional Capitalists the new leaders?
I have just finished reading Emotional Capitalists: The New Leaders by Martyn Newman The premise of the book is that there is new type of leader emerging who by using Emotional Intelligence will be more successful. The structure of the book is simple; Newman lists seven competencies of the high EQ leader: Self-reliance, Assertiveness, Optimism, Self-actualisation, Self-confidence, Relationship skills, and Empathy and then chapter by chapter describes how the reader can improve these competencie.....
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.