Emotional intelligence used to be call soft skills, however the future just made EI the power skills.

As AI gets smarter, the leaders who can sense emotion, read the room, and stay regulated under pressure will be the ones still standing. Tech will expose emotional blind spots faster than you can say “feedback” the question is, will we use it to connect and influence… or to manipulate?

In this episode, Jac & Ral dive into the future of EQ: boundaried empathy (caring without carrying everything), emotionally intelligent organisations (not just leaders), and why EQ + adaptability is the new leadership currency.

If you think emotional intelligence is fluffy, you’re already behind. It's time to learn more or get automated out of relevance.

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Emotional intelligence used to be call soft skills, however the future just made EI the power skills.

As AI gets smarter, the leaders who can sense emotion, read the room, and stay regulated under pressure will be the ones still standing. Tech will expose emotional blind spots faster than you can say “feedback” the question is, will we use it to connect and influence… or to manipulate?

In this episode, Jac & Ral dive into the future of EQ: boundaried empathy (caring without carrying everything), emotionally intelligent organisations (not just leaders), and why EQ + adaptability is the new leadership currency.

If you think emotional intelligence is fluffy, you’re already behind. It's time to learn more or get automated out of relevance.

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Have you ever been asked what your leadership style is? And were you clear, confident and articulate in your response? Most of us either don’t know it, or if we do, don’t communicate it well.

In this episode, Jac and Ral discuss the 10 traditional leader styles – what we think is relevant for today and what we think isn’t. Ral even comes up with a new style (watch this one take off!) and Jac shares 3 new leader archetypes for those leaders who need to be future focused… which is all of us!

Enjoy.

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In this episode, Jac and Ral explore the concept of “leading from the side” - a leadership stance that sits between the traditional command-and-control approach and servant leadership (leading from behind).

What organisations need today is less about the single strong person out front giving all the orders, and less about the heroic self-effacing leader in the background, and more about someone who positions themselves alongside their teams enabling, supporting, influencing and co-creating rather than simply directing.

Listen in for practical tips on how to build real relationships, ask powerful questions, delegate ownership, and celebrate small moves in that collaborative direction.

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So instead of breaking bad… we’re Breaking Good! In this latest episode, Ral opens up about a recent health scare that became the catalyst for big, positive change.

This isn’t her first rodeo, she knew for awhile she wasn’t at peak performance, her Oura ring told her… daily. Jac suggested throwing the ring away but Ral’s smart, she took responsibility and shares how she created a new healthier habit - and the reason it was easier this time by getting crystal clear on her why.

Together, Jac and Ral unpack how to use “Breaking Good” moments to create healthier habits, find motivation that lasts, and build a life that feels good from the inside out.

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We are all chasing a good life, a happy life and a meaningful life, but recent research claims we should be chasing a psychological rich life… what is that?

A psychological rich life is marked by novel experiences, perspective sharing insights and complexity. This type of life has more discomfort than a happy or meaningful life and asks us to leave our comfort zones and be open to changing our minds, so we get to experience a much richer more reflective life.

It's all about your life journey and your accumulation of rich experiences, which won’t always be joyful. Jac challenges you to embrace the challenging, the complex, the uncomfortable and Ral shares one such holiday which was exactly that! She also wants to know what happens when you eat asparagus??

Enjoy this psychologically rich episode!

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Following on from last week’s interview with Layne Beachley, in part 2 Ral digs deeper and finds out more about what drives the very healthy and humble Layne, when she knew it was time to stop chasing waves for competition and some very funny stories about marrying a rockstar, picking up litter and what keeps her real… the answer will surprise you!

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Resilience, courage and the power of positive mindset…Seven-time world surfing champ Layne Beachley can teach us how to achieve all three. She’s a legend, driven by immense purpose and she keeps it real in this great part 1 interview with Ral.

Hear Layne talk openly about the multiple times she thought of giving up, and how she used the lessons she’s learned and applied these – mental fortitude, her ability to listen to her own body and intuition, her fear of success, her ignorance to her own fears and judgements and when she started taking personal accountability.

If you’re chasing success in your personal or professional life, don’t miss part 1 of this inspiring interview with Layne and Ral.

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There are eight traits of high performance Jac has identified after coaching leaders across many different industries – these traits quietly separate the rockstars from the random…

After discussing these last week, Jac & Ral went deep and both agreed it was worth doing so in order for our Keepers to get a great grasp on what can set them up for leadership performance success.

Do you display the eight raw signals of true high performance?

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Aftercoaching leaders across industries, Jac has seen the patterns: there are a handful of traits that quietly separate the serious players from the seat-warmers. 

They’re not buzzwords, they’re behaviours. And when you spot them, you know you’re dealing with someone operatingon a different level.

In this episode of Keeping it Real, Jac & Ral unpack what those traits look like in action, without the fluff, without the clichés. Just the raw signals of true high performance.

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