Leadership Development News

Joshua Freedman is CEO and a founder of the world's most extensive emotional intelligence organization, Six Seconds (http://www.6seconds.org?. He leads a network of 50,000 changemakers teaching skills so people are more aware, intentional, and purposeful - so people and organizations do better. Freedman is one of a handful of experts in the world with over a decade of full-time, proven experience in emotional intelligence development. He is the bestselling author of At the Heart of Leadership and of INSIDE CHANGE, and co-author of seven psychometric assessments in 12 languages (including the SEI Brain Brief and Organizational Vital Signs), working with clients such as the US Navy, FedEx, Make A Wish, the UN, HSBC and Emaar. Freedman is one of the most prolific contributors to making the science of emotional intelligence practical and transformational.

Are you a busy executive who needs more sources of positive energy? The single most important thing you can do to increase your level of health, wealth, and success in your life is to increase your level of happiness. Marci Shimoff, star of The Secret Video and the undisputed expert on the Law of Attraction, shows you how happiness is the shortcut to anything. Tune into Marci to hear about her book "Happy for No Reason" and learn the remarkable secrets to her seven-step process to easily and systematically raise your everyday level of happiness.

The word "NO" has the power to keep many leaders from realizing their goals and dreams. In fact it is often this alone that spells the difference between success and failure. But, with the right mindset anyone can turn NO from an obstacle into their greatest asset. Join our guest Andrea Waltz, co-owner of Courage Crafters, Inc. and co-author of Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There. as she shares this counter-intuitive philosophy called "go for no" and how it can help accelerate your business results. Andrea Waltz is widely recognized as a leading expert on helping people reprogram the way they think about failure, rejection, and transforming the word NO from a negative into a powerful positive. Andrea will share her insights both as an author and as the producer of a DVD which features interviews with renowned business and personal development professionals.

Dr. Jeffrey W. Hull is a writer, organizational psychologist, leadership and life coach whose clients range from single individuals in private practice to multinational Fortune 500 corporations. Throughout his professional career, Dr. Hull has worked with hundreds of individuals, organizational teams, and community groups, and is widely recognized as a pioneer in the fields of performance coaching for executives and life coaching for individuals. Dr. Hull received his Ph.D. from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and holds an MBA from the University of Maryland and a Magna Cum Laude BA from Bowdoin College. He is the best-selling author of "Shift: Let Go of Fear and Get Your Life in Gear."

Join us for an insightful conversation with author Tom Oliver, named a transformational leader by Deepak Chopra. His new book, Nothing Is Impossible by McGraw Hill released in October, addresses our excuses and distractions in life as well as turning personal challenges into assets and successes. In today's show Tom will discuss: - Four tips for success - Defining safety net (and why we need to dispense with it) - What it takes to achieve outstanding results in whatever you do - The role of spontaneity in life - How to discover what you really want in life - Limiting beliefs and habits that hold us back - Why we fight change (and how embracing it can change our lives for the better)

Peter Voogd is a serial entrepreneur under the age of thirty, who has started a movement to empower America's Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Young Professionals. He's trained & led thousands of young professionals including Sales Reps, Managers, College Students, Business Owners, Olympians and many others to achieve higher levels of success. He strongly believes the more people you help to succeed, the more successful you can become. He's on a mission to help organizations understand, acquire and retain the spirit of the young entrepreneur as a key to the future of our society. Learn more about Peter Voogd in today's program and at his website www.GameChangersMovement.com.

What are tools that we can help you with to make 2015 start off with right focus? Cathy and I want to help you and your teams know what the keys behaviors and strategies are that can help you perform in the top 10 %. Each of us today will share some of the tools that we have used over the years with over 25,000 leaders, including CEO's, Executives from all industries, the government, top athletes and armed services, executive teams and emerging leaders. Each of us have websites that offer free tools to help you get started to be a star performer and to help you develop more stars in your organization.

Sam Katz is a former mayoral candidate who ran two times and lost but realized he was good at creating political commercials/messaging that appeal to the masses. He then became a film maker for politicians and now owns an Emmy award winning studio where documentaries take on a new life. We'll look at his profile as a top performer and how he uses EQ to develop successful messaging in film verses as a leader! Look up History Making Films!

Harvey Mackay is author of five New York Times bestsellers. His first two books -- Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware The Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt -- have been translated into 37 languages and distributed in 80 countries. Both books were New York Times #1 bestsellers and are also listed by the Times among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time. Harvey's latest book is Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You, arrived Feb. 22, 2010. His book We Got Fired! … And It's The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Us (2004) became his third New York Times #1 bestseller. His books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He also is one of America's most popular and entertaining business speakers, speaking -- on average – once a week to Fortune 500-size companies and associations. Today we will hear Harvey's job search secrets no one else will tell you.

Leaders drive engagement, engagement drives productivity and Emotional Intelligence drives leadership. In today's show Cathy and Relly give some of the latest updates about Emotional Intelligence (EI) research and the new Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0) assessment. They also will take a deeper dive looking at three of the EI leadership competencies for Decision Making and strategies on how to raise and enhance these competencies. Cathy and Relly will discuss the Emotional Intelligence history, ROI research and the EQi 2.0 assessment. The EQi 2.0 is used to help your leaders better assess, predict and to have more leaders perform in the top 10%. Drs. Greenberg and Nadler use the EQi and other leadership tools in their XCEL (Excellence in Coaching for Executive Leaders) program, their landmark executive leadership and coaching programs, where emotional engagement meets performance.