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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on…Using Feedback to Lead Forward

The Practical Leader

” - Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence. ”Human nature seems to endow everyone with the ability to size up everybody but himself.” This can be demoralizing rather than motivating.” After all, it’s a rare baseball player who is equally good at every position.

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Thought-full Thursday: Purpose and Confidence

Persuasive Powerhouse

Quinn What is your leadership purpose? “The practice of adaptive confidence means that we are willing to enter uncertain situations because we have a higher purpose and are confident that we can learn and adapt as we move forward” ~Robert E. Are you acting in accord with your purpose? Do you enter uncertainty with your purpose in mind?

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How to Handle Rebellion on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

For example, in one study I did with Edward Mahon and Scott Taylor , we showed that members of knowledge worker teams (half from consulting companies and half from an R&D division of an industrial company) were more engaged if team members had emotional intelligence competencies (as seen by others in the team, not self-assessed).

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