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Mindful Mondays – What Are Your Triggers?

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As emotional intelligence expert Daniel Goleman and others remind us, one of the biggest differences between human beings and other animals is our capacity to manage the gap between stimulus and response. A big part of being a mindful leader is knowing your triggers. A trigger is one form of stimulus.

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What Happens When Executives Freak Out

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So, the Super Bowl this year is guaranteed to have a winning coach named Harbaugh when John of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim of the San Francisco 49ers square off against each other. It’s the first time brothers have ever faced each other in the big game. It should be a good one and is bound to be entertaining if. Click headline to continue.

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How to Defuse an Inbox Hand Grenade

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This post will be short and sweet but speaks to something most leaders have to deal with – sometimes multiple times a day. It’s that hand grenade that shows up in your inbox from someone (who usually doesn’t have all the facts), calling you out for something you did do, didn’t do or did wrong.

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A Coaching Plan for Obama’s Second Term

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This post is based on a presumptuous and preposterous premise which is that I’d have the opportunity to coach the President of the United States. One of the occupational hazards of being an executive coach is that I have this habit of thinking about leaders in the public eye and asking myself, “How would I coach that person?”

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Why You Should Pay Attention to Trump’s Leadership Style

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The research on emotionally intelligent leadership styles suggests that it won’t. The early morning tweet storms, the blame-casting when things go awry and the “you’re either with me or against me” threats that the President engages in on a regular basis are all markers of high negative energy.