The Kingsley Grant Show: Where Emotional Intelligence (EI/EQ) and Leadership Skills Intersect

+++ WINNERS LOVE SCORECARD +++

Who is keeping score?

This statement have different meanings. 

In relationships, there is someone who is constantly keeping score to make sure their is fairness. It's their way of building up their arsenal for a later time.

In a game, it is used to make sure everyone knows the outcome. Winners love to point to the scorecards. Not so much for losers.

But scorecard is also used in the area of leadership. Someone is keeping score on how you are performing.

The question is, how well are you scoring? Do you know?

What if you could find a way to ensure that your score is almost always high, would that interest you?

In this episode our guest, Roberta Moore shares with us some key skills that we need to score high on if we are going to succeed in the marketplace. Listen to see how you would score.

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+++ DIGITAL WOES +++

Indeed we are no longer in the industrial era and it shows.

Automation. Artificial Intelligence. Robotics. Job losses. Retraining.

Now what do we do?

Let's see what the recent research by IBM has to say about this.

Still at a loss?

In this episode, you will hear more about what all this means and what you need to do about it. It's no longer IF IT HAPPENS but WHEN IT HAPPENS.

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+++ TOO BURNOUT TO KNOW +++

There was a time in my life that I would say I had symptoms of burnout but didn't know it.

Actually I didn't want to know.

If I did, I more than likely would not have acknowledged it or agreed with the diagnosis.

Burnout implied weakness. 

As a man, not to mention a Caribbean man at that, I should be able to handle anything. I simply had to "tough it up." Don't feel was my motto to life's situation. Just deal with it.

I don't think I'm the only one who thought this way.

I wonder how many people today are showing signs of burnout or is experiencing medical issues that seem to come from nowhere? It's not genetics necessarily but it is somewhat unexplainable.  Could it be burnout?

Here are some symptoms: Type 2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol, coronary heart diseases, gastrointestinal issues, and even death.

In this episode, I talk about the 5 Primary Cause of Burnout as was stated in a research done by Gallup. As a leader, see if you identify with what you're hearing, seeing or feeling in your interaction with your people.

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+++ THUMBS DOWN TO THIS ONE +++

Clicking on a thumbs down icon or image, signifies a dislike, disagreement or distaste for something.

Often, when I read an article that is meant to help me solve a problem, I'm given the chance to show my reaction to the content. This is done with two options: a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

From time to time, I will click on one or the other. 

I've noticed that my clicks tend to be on the thumbs down more than the thumbs up.

Why is this so?

Is it because I don't get the solution I'm looking for?

No. It's what I believe most of us do. We are more apt to point out the negative than we do the positive. Am I right?

This is also true in the area of leadership.

There are some very good leaders who never hear how well they are leading from their team members.

However, they'll hear it quickly when they fail to lead as was being expected.

There is one type of leadership that I believe will almost always get the thumbs down. 

In this episode of The Kingsley Grant Show, you will discover 5 Familiar Styles of Leadership with one of them being the least effective and is rewarded with a thumbs down. Find out which one.

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+++ WON'T BE THE SAME +++

Every now and then there seems to be a food war among fast-food companies.

Each one is trying to outdo the other by making a similar kind of product and promoting it as better than the other.

The one that was first on the market - product #1 - has conditioned people's taste buds as to how that product should taste.

Some people will have a hard time accepting product #2 as equal or better than product #1.

So it is with Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is product #2 when it comes to being human-like.

AI will never take the place of a human being all things being equal.

Of course, there will be exceptions for a number of reasons.

Because AI is here among us and is getting more and more prevalent in our world, some people are worried that they will be replaced by robots.

Will they?

Can leaders help their people to be better prepared?

In this episode, I share three ways leaders can help their people be better prepared, reduce their anxieties, and embrace this technology.

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 +++ BEST WHEN EQ’d +++

Recently I was eating something and it just didn’t taste fresh. 

My taste buds recoiled when the taste of the product leaked out from my chewing.

Ewwww!

My brow knitted, my eyes shut tightly closed for a minute, and my facial muscles contracting.

Have you ever had one of those moments?

Immediately, I looked at the date label to see what it said.

Here’s the very first thing I read: “Best if used by ___”.  

I realized that it was beyond the suggested date.

Had I eaten the product within the time slot suggested, and within the early stages of the date range, my reaction would be a whole lot different.

What does this have to do with hiring people? 

A lot.

So many people have been hired based on their ability to skillfully and convincingly sell themselves.

Some people hire resume writers to create impressive resumes.

Others are great writers themselves.

But is that enough?

Why is it that like the “taste” of an expired product, do some hiring managers experience similar face contortions in realizing they made a mistake?

What did they miss?

In this episode, I share what hiring managers most likely missed and what they can do about it.

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+++ POWER TO THE PEOPLE +++

Before you get the wrong impression, this is not a call to some kind of rebellion. Quite the contrary as you'll read and hear.

But there comes a time when we've got to realize we are more powerful than we are.

Too often we hear so much victim stories, that we've almost accepted that as the status quo of life.

I see and hear about this a lot in the workplace. And there are many reasons why it continues. 

Leaders who aren't skilled or insightful enough to intentionally shrink the divide between leadership and employee, end up losing their best talents and having mediocre productivity and performance.

Emotelligent or effective leaders create healthy environments to offset these losses but they do so with a partnership approach..

When employees know that their leader is Emotelligent or partnership focused, they will help them create healthy working environment.

They - the employees - will:

All of this is good for the overall health of the organization.

In this episode, we expand on each of the 5 ways employees help their leaders create a healthy workplace.

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+++ LEVERAGE YOUR POSITION +++

Andy Stanley, pastor of one of the largest church in America - Northpoint in Atlanta, made this statement about leadership: “You leverage that power for the benefit of other people in the room.” 

Many people in leadership positions do quite the opposite.

They use their power and position to serve their selfish agenda.

Little do they know that this approach will work against them and their organization, in the long run.

How often have I heard, or read of people purposefully undermine this kind of leadership? They do just enough to get the job done. This is less than they would if leaders had used their power and position for the good of their people. 

So how do leaders change this leadership/employee dance?

In this episode, our guest Josh Elledge shares some of what we as leaders can do, which ultimately allows us to succeed where others failed.

Who is Josh Elledge?

BIO:

Josh is a U.S. Navy veteran. He launched UpMyInfluence.com to help turn entrepreneurs into media celebrities increasing their authority, influence, and revenue.

He also started SavingsAngel.com which has grossed more than $6 million in sales with less than $500 in advertising.

Josh writes a syndicated newspaper column to 1.1 million readers and regularly appears on more than 75 TV stations across the country. All told, Josh has appeared in the media more than 2000 times.

You can find out more about him at https://upmyinfluence.com/

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+++ IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 5 +++

You have 5 fingers, 5 toes, and 5 domains.

Domains?

Yes. 

Here's what the Cambridge dictionary say about the word domain:  it's an area of interest or an area over which a person has control.

In my book: The Emotelligent Leader - Succeed Where Others Failed, I mention five domains, which are:

They all need to be addressed. To do and not the other leads to imbalance.

Many people find their lives out of balance when they're not making time or space to address them.

Because of this, employees expect their leaders to provide space for them to attend to these domains and not only for them, but also for the leader to be intentional when it comes to helping them achieve this balance.

In this episode, you'll hear how I expanded on them and give illustrations and examples of how leaders can address them

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+++ THE MOMENT +++

The moment when their lives change forever.

The moment when their world turn upside down.

The moment when the thing you feared the most happened to them.

What do you do?

How do you lead yourself and those are going through these experiences? Is there a protocol? Are there steps one can follow? Is it possible to guide those in pain, in shock, in disbelief, in ________? (fill in the blanks)

Here are 5 don'ts:

Instead follow these 5 Steps To Effectively Lead Through Crisis And Change

To get a better understanding and meaning of the above, listen to this episode of The Kingsley Grant Show.

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