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August 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Emotionally Intelligent Leadership – Unexpected ROI at Apex Corporation. Anne writes, “Apex Corporation began the journey to emotionally intelligent leadership fifteen years ago.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2017 that you might have missed: Words to Live By from @wallybock. 7 Warning Signs You Need to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence @LollyDaskal via @Inc. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. It's important to know what not to do. "

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How Startups Can Revamp Their Executive Leadership Talent for Growth

N2Growth Blog

In 2017, CEO and Founder Tim Chen decided to reshape its senior leadership by bringing in five new executives. Emphatic people who know themselves inside and out help them shape the team around them, complimenting their strengths and bolstering their areas for development. Third, excellent listening skills. And fourth, resilience.

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

A Forbes article in 2017 titled “If You Want To Be ‘CEO Material,’ Develop These 15 Traits,” created a laundry-list of traits needed to be a great CEO. The human brain develops back to front, thus the prefrontal cortex is one of the last regions to fully develop. We chose to address the following traits in this article:

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Effective Communication is about Understanding Emotion

Lead Change Blog

First and foremost because emotions motivate, meaning that understanding what emotions others are experiencing may help you motivate them better, thereby getting them to perform better. Reason enough to get to know more about emotions! The self-help version is expected around the end of 2017.

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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

It is therefore not surprising that business leaders who score high in the effective use of humor as a tool to boost innovation also tend to score high in emotional intelligence. 2014) Leading with Humor, Harvard Business Review, May, Available at: [link] [Accessed: 18 October 2017] Catmul, E. May the farce be with you.

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Shifting Our Aging Society From A Burden To An Asset

The Horizons Tracker

It includes mature coping strategies, emotional intelligence and empathy—and these attributes have never been more important in the workforce.”. Mature adults demonstrate considerable resilience,” the researchers say. The aspect of role modeling resilience is an especially important influence on younger workers.