EQ and the Entrepreneur
In "The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence" there is a chapter on leadership that defines and discusses the three necessary core emotional drives of the successful leader. For those familiar with the Humm, great leaders have high H, M and P drives. President Bill Clinton is a good example of such a personality. One innovation I introduced in my 23 years as a venture capitalist was to obtain a psychographic profile of our prospective entrepreneurs. Initially we were seek.....
Read MoreThe one decision making bias that managers can never eliminate
Making decisions is a critical part of every executive's job. One of the things you learn as you climb the corporate ladder is that you and you colleagues can end up making sub-optimal decisions. This is rarely because of poor critical thinking faculties but rather because often invisible traps hardwired into our thinking processes, letting through only information that conforms with our current beliefs, temperament and expectations. As decision makers we come to the table armed with our own per.....
Read MoreMy Favourite Book on Leadership
For my sins I subscribe to the McKinsey Quarterly and every year one article is published that hits the mark. Not much impressed me in the past 12 months but the latest edition contained this wonderful article by Professor Jeffery Pfeffer: “Getting beyond the BS of leadership literature”. Pfeffer, on his own, has written extensively about power. Pfeffer and his Stanford co-author, Robert Sutton have written extensively about evidence based management theory. In his latest book, Leade.....
Read MoreLeaders are readers What books should leaders read?
Recently I became involved in a LinkedIn discussion group suggesting 40 books to read before you turn 40. The majority of the recommendations were either ‘New Age’ or ‘Organic/Health food’. I had only read three of the 40 books, David Copperfield (highly recommended), Think and Grow Rich, and The Power of Positive Thinking and had no inclination to read any of the remaining 37.. As the group called itself Leadership Skills & Development for Business a subgroup of Small Business.....
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.