The Empathy of Corporate Psychopaths
In my workshops on Lifting Your Emotional Intelligence I spend a certain amount of time on how to recognise and deal with corporate psychopaths. Many participants have difficulty in understanding how I can claim that one reason corporate psychopaths are successful is that they have considerable empathy. Far too many people immediately conclude that empathy and psychopathy are mutually exclusive. What I have said in workshops up till now is that while psychopaths do not have emotional empathy, th.....
Read MoreReview of Richard III
Last Wednesday night I saw a performance of Richard III, purportedly Shakespeare’s first blockbuster hit. The performance was unusual on two counts. Richard was played by a women, Kate Mulvany, who is not only a good actress but one of Australia’s better playwrights. Secondly Richard was played by an actual cripple, Kate suffers from a spinal deformity. Richard III is the first of Shakespeare’s great corporate psychopaths. One reason I particularly like the Humm/7MTF model of temperament .....
Read MoreYou always see a red tie
You always see a red tie On 18 May 2015 Australian Stockbroker BBY was placed into voluntary administration. The picture below appeared in many of the newspapers The man wearing the red tie is the former executive chairman of BBY securities, Glen Rosewall, the son of Australian tennis great, Ken Rosewall. Mr Rosewall said: "I put my heart and soul into BBY for 11 years and I'm devastated by what's happened." Stockbrokers and investment bankers to succeed need a lot of Hustler Component. A p.....
Read MorePaul Ekman: Lie To Me
I have always wanted to hear Paul Ekman live since I first read Emotional Intelligence in the mid-1990s. In his book, Daniel Goleman posed the question as to whether there was a theory of core emotions. Goleman wrote he did not have an answer but said he was sure one existed due to the work that Paul Ekman had done recognising emotions in pre-literate societies. Finally at the Mind & Its Potential conference I heard Paul Ekman speak and post the conference I attended an intimate half-day wor.....
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.