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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Those who had to navigate their way through large firms seemed to excel at emotional intelligence—the ability to read others’ emotions and respond appropriately. Others built their innovation capital rather slowly as they navigated their way through a large company with multiple small wins (e.g., Steve Jobs; Elon Musk).

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A Lesson On Bringing Out The Best In Those You Lead

Tanveer Naseer

Dan was the president of a biotechnology company where I served in my first middle management role.

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Developing Mindful Leaders

Harvard Business Review

That was the question Todd Pierce asked himself in 2006 after years of experimenting with the full menu of trainings, meetings, and competency models in his capacity as CIO of biotechnology giant Genentech. Pierce attributes that to "the emotional intelligence of people and the capacity to change" developed in PEP.