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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2024

Leading Blog

They’ve tried everything from food perks and ping pong tables to endless team-building exercises and training—but nothing sticks. In Optimal , Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss reveal how emotional intelligence can help us have a great day, any day. So how do we sustain performance, while avoiding burnout and maintaining balance?

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Ideally that leader has identified and fully trained that person to take on the role at a moment’s notice. The navy’s leadership knew training everyone to replace anyone was a core success and survival factor. Again, I was responsible for training someone to replace me at a moment’s notice.

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

General Leadership

” Daniel Goleman. Consider the following: If EQ is to us, what an engine is to a car – then self-regulation is the drive train that powers how we operate. The drive train or transmission of any vehicle, transfers engine power to its wheels creating forward or backward movement. You lose all around.

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Mastering Leadership Development: A Guide to Elevating Your Leadership Skills

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Psychologist Daniel Goleman underscores that leaders with high social intelligence are adept at building relationships and effective networks. Adapting to New Motivations and Priorities : Millennials, often characterized by their pursuit of purpose and work-life balance, seek more than just financial rewards from their careers.

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

Once I found my life work and pursued career choices that really turned me on, my health miraculously improved. In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman reports, “The leader is a key source of the organization’s emotional tone. When I was a kid, I didn’t enjoy school.

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Note to c-suite: flaunt your learning and development | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Ken G: January 4, 2011 at 5:55 am Trained staff perform better, but motivation can be a problem. Bosses on training courses or encouraging people to undertake learning is not enough – we all have that ‘what’s in it for me’ and being good or better at a job I do anyway does not always cut it. Great post!

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Thought-full Thursday: Safety

Persuasive Powerhouse

Most of us in leadership have been trained to separate the business leader from the personality we live in outside the office. Posted in Uncategorized 2 Responses to “Thought-full Thursday: Safety&# Andy Ray : December 2, 2010 at 12:29 pm Oh for the ear of a condfidant. It’s no wonder that we end up isolated.

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