Overly Human

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is your ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own and others’ emotions. On today’s podcast, Traci and Rob discuss how EQ is essential to great leadership. Understanding and growing your emotional intelligence enables you to lean into your strengths and recognize your blind spots. Traci debriefs Rob on his own EQ-i 2.0 Assessment results. Listen in as he reveals his own EQ struggles and strengths over his career!

Ever wondered why connecting with some people is easier for you than connecting with others? Traci and Rob discuss how the DiSC Assessment can be a powerful tool in learning how to connect and communicate better with your teammates. Knowing your innate behavioral style along with understanding the styles that differ from your own can lead to great transformation both personally and professionally. Traci debriefs Rob on his style. Listen to find out his personal breakthroughs!

Traci and Rob talk about self-assessments and how they springboard us toward personal growth and development. They discuss which assessments are most effective and reliable. Discover why assessments can be a valuable tool for self-discovery and self-actualization and learn how they can enhance team dynamics, strengthen productivity, and boost engagement.

Many entrepreneurs wrestle with whether or not they should grow the size of their company. Maybe size isn’t necessarily the answer. Traci and Rob discuss how sometimes natural growth leads to companies increasing size and scale. And sometimes companies choose to grow for improvement and development goals. Most importantly, there are many questions you need to think about before trying to scale your company.

When it comes down to it, many of our problems in the workplace are due to bad communication. Learning how to communicate well is a skill worth learning, especially if you are a leader of a company. Traci and Rob discuss how to develop those skills and the best models of good communication.

So often entrepreneurs are so focused on getting their idea or business off the ground that they lose sight of the bigger picture of their own lives. Traci and Rob talk about how having a defined mission and vision for your life can lead to great clarity and increased confidence as you look to the future.

What are core values and how can you make them an asset for not only your culture but your bottom line? Traci and Rob discuss why core values are important and how to create them. They also discuss how to put them into action so they aren’t just empty words on a page.

The world is experiencing a pandemic, yet we still need to lead our companies. Traci and Rob discuss the 4 key steps a leader needs to take now in order to weather the current storm hitting our world. We will talk through how to best lead and care for your team while facing the harsh realities of keeping your business alive. It’s possible to balance the two!

Does everyone have a superpower? If so, how do we discover ours? Once your superpower is revealed, how do you put it into action? Learn what superpowers are and how to use them for good instead of harm. Learn why blind spots are so elusive and why it is essential that we understand what everyone else sees and then commit to change.

Traci and Rob discuss the reasons behind the podcast and their common bond over the need for more humanity in the workplace.