The EI Guru

In this episode, we explore the strategies, techniques, and mindset required to navigate conflicts with grace and effectiveness.

Join us as we unravel the secrets to transforming conflict into an opportunity for growth and collabrotion.

Get ready to sharpen your conflict resolution skills and discover the power of constructive dialog. Let's dive in!

If you've ever wondered what the ingredients for organisational, team and individual success are, this interview with Paris Golden MD for McCormick in Australia will reveal the little things that make a BIG difference.

With over 30 years of corporate experience working for Pepsi-Cola, GSK, Coke Cola and more recently McCormick, this is a look at how he has changed the culture in his latest role.

It's no surprise that EI has played a big role in engaging and inspiring his senior leadership team and the rest of the organisational to excel in their performance.

In this captivating episode, Dr Jo Maddocks & I dive deep into the intricate world of emotional expression and control.

Join us as we explore the power that lies within our emotions and uncover the secrets to harnessing them effectively.

Drawing from real - life experiences and relatable anecdotes, we unravel the importance of emotional expression in building meaningful connections and fostering healthy relationships.

Prepare to be inspired and equipped with valuable insights on emotional expression and control, as we embark on this transformative episode to enhance your emotional well-being and empower your lives.

In this latest episode with Dr Jo Maddocks we discuss the relationship management scales which are critical to your success when interacting with others.

We do a deep dive into Trust which is the foundation of building effective and lastings connections with others.

Join me in this inspiring episode as I delve into the remarkable story of Paul Minter, the CEO and co-founder of Head Up, a charity dedicated to addressing the pressing mental health issues faced by armed forces personnel.

In this episode, I uncover Paul's personal journey of resilience and determination as he shares his experience of serving in the armed forces for 18 years, only to be medically discharged due to PTSD.

Despite facing significant challenges, Paul's passion for helping others led him to establish Head Up, a charity that aims to provide vital support to those struggling with their mental health.

But that's not all. Prepare to be amazed as I explore Paul's extraordinary feat of endurance—a monumental run around the entire UK coastline, covering nearly 5,000 miles in just 7 months. This awe-inspiring endeavor not only raised crucial funds for Head Up but also served as a powerful symbol of hope and determination to overcome adversity.

Through this captivating episode, we delve deep into the importance of mental health awareness, the significance of charity work, and the resilience of the human spirit. Listen in as we learn from Paul's inspiring journey and gain valuable insights into the power of compassion, determination, and community support in making a positive impact on mental health.

In this latest episode I'm joined again by Dr Jo Maddocks as we continue to explore the self management scales of Flexibility and Authenticity.

Jo also shares the compelling data from his white paper looking at the overall impact on Performance, Engagement and employees Well Being when you improve Emotional Intelligence.

According to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental health issues contribute to a staggering $1 Trillion loss in productivity globally.

So, investing in developing your leaders emotional intelligence is the best way to improve the bottom line.

In this latest episode I'm joined by Jessica Pryce-Jones who is a Psychologist & Coach working in the corporate world.

Luckily, this interview is a pre-launch interview for her new book Intuition at Work which will be available in the new year, so we get to hear all about how we can develop our own intuition before the book comes out.

Jess started her career in finance where she learned about numbers, strategy and leadership.

After 10 years in the corporate world, Jess did a psychology degree; as she wanted to understand why some of her bosses were brilliant and others were frankly dismal.

Those insights launched a new career facilitating, coaching, designing interventions and writing.

Coachees and delegates feedback that Jess is warm, funny, challenging and rooted in practicality. Most importantly, she believes in using hard, soft, and intuitive information to get to the heart of complex and opaque professional issues.

Tapping into this different knowledge gives fresh insight into how to solve problems, particularly around our worries and our work.

Her clients include multinationals in health care, professional services, FMCG, banking, creative, education, manufacturing, publishing and engineering industries as well as the public and not-for- profit sectors.

Jess has also worked as adjunct faculty in leadership development at many business schools including Cambridge Judge, Cass, Cornell, Chicago Booth, Cranfield, London Business School, and Saïd (Oxford); and is a Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching.

Finally, Jess has published two books (Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success and Running Great Meetings & Workshops For Dummies) and has finishing a third, Intuition at Work.

In this episode I'm joined by Ian Eggs who is a vice president working in a multi-cultural international organisation.

Ian has shared his leadership nuggets from his leadership journey spanning 40 years across various multi-cultural and global organisations.

If you want to understand what exceptional leadership looks like and how to nurture this within yourself and build a high performing team, this episode will give you that and plenty more......

In this episode, I'm joined again by Dr Jo Maddocks and look at the first 3 self management scales that are so deeply connected with performance.

Emotional resilience, Personal power and Goal directedness and when these 3 aspects of EI are strong, it's like having super powers to support you when handling any curve balls that are thrown at you personally or professionally.

This is a must listen to episode if you're looking for ideas of how to overcome setbacks and take more charge of your life and career and set clear goals to achieve what you want in life.

In the latest episode, I'm joined by Caroline Stokes who is an Executive Coach, Business Consultant and author of Elephants before Unicorns which looks at Emotionally Intelligent HR strategies to save your company.

Caroline is passionate about how emotional intelligence can be used to recruit the right people and coaches individuals in their first 100 days to ensure that the new person transitions into their new role and new culture.