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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

” The morning prayers of the local population could be heard echoing through the loudspeakers outside the large 25-foot concrete T-walls topped with barbed wire that surround our compound, a Forward Operating Base within an Afghan Air Force base. As such, 75% of Americans seek the opportunity for service opportunities in other ways.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Best Leadership Books of 2013. They are loaded with Roberts' experience, story, brio, provocation and direction. Best Leadership Books of 2014.

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The Advisor’s Corner – Am I an At-Risk Leader?

Strategy Driven

The four well researched core emotional intelligence metrics of: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management are directly correlated with successful or failing leadership. These ‘leaders’ have very little emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness and organizational awareness.

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2015

Tanveer Naseer

And this is understandable if we appreciate that – thanks to the faster-pace by which we now have to operate – it’s become harder for people to make those connections for themselves.” They want to understand the connections between their efforts and the larger shared purpose that defines why we do what we do.

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business Review

This includes abilities related to effectively coordinating teams, coaching and giving feedback, interprofessional communication, and displaying emotional intelligence. First, interpersonal literacy is crucial for effective leadership in modern healthcare. And several programs stand out as examples of how this can be done.

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Four Keys to Thinking About the Future

Harvard Business Review

Also see psychologist Maria Konnikova’s 2013 Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. Yet how do you actually do it, when life and livelihood generally depend on operating inside a box? Training in emotional intelligence is life-long work, and most of us need as many tutors as possible. We all prize it.