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

General Leadership

If our EQ capacity empowers us to effectively leverage our emotions to bring about better business outcomes, then – our ability to exercise self-regulation powers our EQ capacity. 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.

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Executive Coaching and Leading Change

Lead Change Blog

A coach serves as a valuable partner by offering a collaborative process in five key areas: brainstorming, awareness, action plans, accountability, and encouragement. The leader is more likely to show up as the best version of herself as the coach helps her gain awareness of barriers to effectiveness. Brainstorming. Action Plans.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

We chase short-term wins. They go after short-term wins and cannot lift their heads high enough to glimpse the future. If we look around and see that people are disengaged, that leaders are driving toward tactical outcomes and short-term wins, and that organizations are blindly driving ahead.

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What To Focus On When Starting a New Job: Role Integration

CoachStation

Talk to your manager about what goals you should be working towards, both short-term and long-term. Commonly, this might involve identifying a 30-60-90 day plan; specific skill development; developing greater self-awareness and Emotional Intelligence; leadership capability; or similar themes.

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Integration and Maximising Opportunities When Starting a New Job

CoachStation

Talk to your manager about what goals you should be working towards, both short-term and long-term. Commonly, this might involve identifying a 30-60-90 day plan; specific skill development; developing greater self-awareness and Emotional Intelligence; leadership capability; or similar themes.

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Leadership Lessons from a 19th Century Genius

Leading Blog

Instead, I let short-term tactical thinking cloud my execution. He was very responsive to being challenged, to see beyond the tactical aspects of his role and embrace a more strategic one. One of the most self-aware people I have worked with builds teams with people who are strong in areas he is not.

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Lessons for Leaders from Decisions that Changed History

Skip Prichard

This requires awareness of the current state, some vision of a desired future, and an ability to move from where you are to where you want to be. Gritty leaders have focus, self-confidence, motivation to succeed (overcoming obstacles, persistence), and resilience (rebounding from setbacks, weathering criticism, performing under pressure).