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How raising your emotional intelligence can make you the best salesperson in the room

CEO Insider

When I was halfway through completing an MBA program at the London Business School, I was offered a position with McKinsey in New York, a dream job of every MBA student at the time. My tutor, British management guru Charles Handy, told me not to take it.

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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

Emotional Intelligence (EI) competencies comprise a skill set they must not only have at moderate to high levels but keep in balance, as well. McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams.

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Involve More People. The Transpersonal Touchstone Explored.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2020 Compilation

Leading Blog

How centered leaders achieve extraordinary results via @McKinsey Five capabilities are at the heart of centered leadership. Leading with Emotional Intelligence Drives Engagement via @DDIworld. Emotions shape our reality more than facts and trend charts. Why and How to Become a Helpful Boss from @wallybock. by @KateNasser.

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20 Articles to Help Leaders Navigate the COVID 19 Crisis

Great Leadership By Dan

4 Leadership Skills for Crisis Management (Daniel Goleman, using your emotional intelligence) 4. Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the coronavirus outbreak and future challenges (McKinsey) 7. (Forbes) 2. 6 Ways You Can Show True Leadership During a Crisis (Inc.) How a Good Leader Reacts to a Crisis (HBR) 6.

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Is Social Accountability Changing Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

A number of recent surveys from McKinsey research have identified three traits that are becoming leadership imperatives to respond to this growing demand for social accountability. In 2015, the World Economic Forum predicted that emotional intelligence would be one of the top 10 skills demanded by employers by 2020.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on… Strong Leaders Boosting Positive Emotions

The Practical Leader

Leadership is almost all emotional intelligence, especially in distinguishing between what managers do and what leaders do… – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence. Emotions are contagious. . – Warren Bennis, An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change.