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Find the Unicorns to Help Your Business Excel

Skip Prichard

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. It requires a leadership Emotional Intelligence (EI) makeover along with a company EI makeover. This doesn’t happen overnight.

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When Fighting with Your Boss, Protect Yourself First

Harvard Business Review

There are a lot of bad bosses out there, leaders who aren’t stupid but lack emotional intelligence. Their self-awareness is strikingly low, they’re clueless when it comes to reading people, they can’t control their emotions, and their values seem to be on a permanent leave of absence. They derail careers and blow up teams.