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What True Leaders Know About Emotional Intelligence

Lead Change Blog

True leaders show emotional intelligence by learning about the science-based patterns about how our emotions work and how to manage them. Yet cognitive science research shows that in reality, the intentional part of our mind is like a little rider on top of a huge elephant of emotions and intuitions.

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How Leaders Can Develop Their Skills With One Simple Habit

Tanveer Naseer

In fact, research in neuroscience suggests that you can transform simple, daily activities – like brushing your teeth, commuting to work, and preparing coffee – into opportunities to change both the function and structure of your brain in ways that improve both business acumen and emotional intelligence, two key drivers of leadership performance.

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Marcia Reynolds: Part 1 of a second interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

She has coached leaders, delivered leadership, coaching and emotional intelligence programs, and spoken at conferences for […]. She understands organizational cultures, what blocks communication and innovation, and what is needed to bring people together for better results.

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Crack the Leadership Code

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. Empathy is a core component of emotional intelligence. I recently spoke with him about his work. We’re blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We’re not designed to know how little we know.” What does the research show us about how we feel our leaders are doing? Strangers don’t.

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Reading List: What’s on yours?

CO2

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel. 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner and James Harter (see my blog post on this topic here ). Organizational Culture and Leadership by Edgar Schein.

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3 Ways to Get More Out of Your Web Analytics

Harvard Business Review

In searching for an answer it’s all too easy to become guilty of what psychologist Daniel Kahneman calls System One thinking: using fast, instinctive, and emotional shortcuts to jump to conclusions. And why has your sales team just seen an influx of new leads — are those things related?