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Don’t Blow Past Your Strengths

Next Level Blog

I hope they encourage you to think about your own strengths and not blow past them: Deploy Them Elsewhere : Early in my coaching career, I coached a senior executive who was his company’s primary representative to a key customer. Over the years, I’ve seen that as an opportunity for leaders in both tactical and strategic ways.

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How to Boost Your (and Others’) Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

Among the various core ingredients of talent and career success, few personal qualities have received more attention in the past decade than emotional intelligence (EQ), the ability to identify and manage your own and others’ emotions. Paying due attention to others is tantamount to career success. Related Video.