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Is Cooperation The New Efficiency?

Lead Change Blog

I commented to her that I think the ability to gain cooperation is an underestimated component of efficiency. It was early in my career. The more I understood their jobs, their routines, and their responsibilities, the more likely I would make intelligent requests of them. Cooperation Is Better Than Compliance.

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Smarten Up: Hone Your EQ Edge

The Practical Leader

The good news for many of us is that our IQ is less important to success and happiness than our EQ (Emotional Quotient or Emotional Intelligence). I’ve extensively quoted and cited the expanding body of emotional intelligence (EI) research for many years in my writing and workshops. Too many are bully bosses.

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Workplace Culture: How to Leverage Innovation No AI Bot Can Replace

Let's Grow Leaders

But people still turn to human managers who can understand how they feel, c oach them in their careers, and build culture. According to a recent Price Waterhouse Cooper CEO survey, 77 percent of CEOs say they struggle to find the creativity and innovation they need. When connection matters, there’s no substitute for a human being.

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How Women Can Build Careers as Business Leaders

Women on Business

Heathfield, the About.com Guide to Human Resources, interviewed Susan Lucas-Conwell, global chief executive officer at Great Place to Work, to gain perspective on how women can build careers as business leaders. ” Read the full interview: How Women Can Build Careers via humanresources.about.com.

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What Great Leaders Know That Good Leaders Don’t about Self-Regulation

General Leadership

The Silent Power Behind Emotional Intelligence. “The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.” The Interpersonal dimension is characterized as the ability to understand other people around us, what motivates them, how they work as well as how to work cooperatively with them.

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Authenticity: Beyond Leadership Doing to Being

The Practical Leader

Neuroscientist and Emotional Intelligence author, Robert Cooper, made several trips to Tibet as part of his research on the inner side of leadership. Strong leaders have high levels of Emotional Intelligence. He quotes a wise elder who became a mentor and guide, “It is from the heart.”

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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