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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Why It Matters

Lead from Within

Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ, is the ability to understand and manage emotions of self and others. Here are some reasons why emotional intelligence matters in leadership: Emotional intelligence enables leaders to build strong relationships with their team.

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How to Avoid the Artificial Maturity Trap

Leading Blog

Children today are overexposed to information far earlier than they are ready and underexposed to real-life experiences far later than they are ready producing a kind of artificial maturity. Tim Elmore writes in Artificial Maturity , that “it looks so real because kids know so much, but it’s virtual because they have experienced so little.”

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Do You Have What it Takes to be a Mature Leader?

Lead Change Blog

Does this influence the effectiveness and maturity of your leadership? Maturity is underrated, i.e. we need more adulting. In looking for definitions of the word mature I am attracted to these: Based on slow careful consideration [= thoughtfulness]. What mature leaders don’t do. Can you relate?

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4 Questions to Ask BEFORE Initiating a Difficult Conversation

Nathan Magnuson

We’re all confronted with nuanced situations in the workplace from time to time that require maturity, discernment and emotional intelligence. Someone ought to say something, right? And if so, that someone is probably you. So why does the tension catch us off guard when these opportunities present themselves?

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

One vaguely controversial, age-old discussion is around the numerical age and corresponding maturity of CEOs and how age, which translates to experience, can impact the trajectory and level of success of a company. . As the brain becomes more mature, it develops patterns and neural networks that are hard to erase or reprogram.

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Employers Should Resist Any Urge To Sack Older Workers

The Horizons Tracker

The authors argue that employers often target older workers when they downsize, and highlight the reduction in funding from the Australian government for the DOME (the Don’t Overlook Mature Experience training organization) program as further evidence of the under-appreciation of older workers in society. ” Employment gaps.

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What LEGACY are you leaving?

Lead Change Blog

Even for relatively-mature business people or organisational leads, it is not something they consider. Do you focus on success, happiness, maturity, and well-being? Do you possess the top five attributes that define character-based leadership – integrity, trustworthiness, emotional intelligence, openness, and motivation?

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