Leadership Tips

There are some tasks that will make the difference between success and failure: at home, work and life in general. These are the Tasks Which Define Success; do those tasks well, and success is assured. Fail to do those tasks, or do them poorly, and mediocrity and failure are in your future.

General Proverbs for Living a Fulfilling Live - I think you will identify with some of these and perhaps take away a few to apply in your life.

A policy is a Big Deal. Every organization needs policies in order to operate. Unfortunately, most organizations have WAY too many policies.

In this episode I will share five techniques for Relationship Management

Relationship Management is the fourth aspect of Emotional Intelligence. In previous episodes I’ve discussed the three other aspects of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness. Now we're going to look at relationship building/management. This fourth part of emotional intelligence is a crucial piece in how we understand and how we are able to take what we've learned and how we've grown in ourselves to be able to apply it in a broader context for greater effect. You could say this is where the rubber meets the road in Emotional Intelligence.

Have you ever received an email that reading it leaves you confused, or insulted? I’m sure you have received those emails as well, and possibly sent them too. This episode is for you.

The Working Genius Model of understanding who you are in relation to how to work smarter can make a real difference in your life. This model that comes out of the work by Patrick Lencioni and his team provides valuable insights that you can use immediately. Hopefully, this episode will start you on a discovery of deeper self-awareness.

As a rule, we are all more comfortable with just keeping things the way they are, even while complaining about our circumstances. Only the brave will face their reality and choose to act, to embrace new behaviors and thoughts that can lead to a better life.

Handling the flood of information that comes at you on any given day can be challenging, or even overwhelming. You receive an email or file attachment you want to keep, but then forget where you have saved it. You place an important document or object in a “safe” place only to forget where that is. It is not just you; it is all of us.

This is the third part in a series looking at Social Awareness as part of Emotional Intelligence. In the previous two episodes I’ve described what Social awareness means and provided a technique for becoming more socially aware. In this episode, I’ll share with you more techniques to help you become more socially aware.