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Stop Trying to Make Others Happy | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Ask and keep track It’s a simple concept to respect others enough to ask them what they want and then to follow through and give it to them (within reason, of course). Ask them: What can I do to help you to be your best at work? What rewards motivate you? How can I contribute to your success? Keep track of the answers you get, by name.

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Know Thyself Part II - Smart Emotions

You're Not the Boss of Me

Very basically, The Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EI) allows you to identify, understand and manage your emotions and use them to create rich relationships in your organization and, of course, in other areas of your life too. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink.

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Do We Need Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

If ever a country needed a Jim Collins-style Level 5 leader who also embodies Daniel Goleman's notions of emotional intelligence and Peter Drucker's ideas about effectiveness , it's Egypt right now. Organizations as diverse as Ushahidi and file-sharing sites show how plenty can be accomplished without an explicitly hierarchical structure.

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Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too

Harvard Business Review

Over the course of a couple of decades, meditation has migrated from Himalayan hilltops and Japanese Zendos to corporate boardrooms and corridors of power, including Google , Apple , Aetna , the Pentagon , and the U.S. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” Social awareness: According to Goleman, the competencies associated with being socially aware are Empathy, Organizational Awareness, and Service. Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images.

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Purpose Matters for Business Travel, Too

Harvard Business Review

Technology can, of course, help to cement social ties, but only following an original personal experience. In October 1996, for example, I undertook a “double red-eye” from Buenos Aires to New York and back, sleeping two back-to-back nights on planes, so I could meet Daniel Goleman at his home close to Maine.

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True North Groups: A Conversation With Bill George

Harvard Business Review

The big difference with True North Groups is that they provide forums for diverse sets of people to share highly personal issues and beliefs without requiring any specific affinity like chemical dependency or religious belief. How and when did you decide to put the group together in the first place?