Leadership and Management - What Have You Changed Your Mind About in the Last Five Years?

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Agrad: I've become very interested in a dimension of being an excellence which is oragonal, not parallel to but rather in another dimension. A friend at harvard, howard gardener, calls it good work - where you take what you're grate at and pare it with what you love doing,. And that is a work that's fabulous. If those three things line up, your excellence, your engagement and your ethics, then you're on fire. It's really helped me to be a better leader, and i know so many in our community. Thank you so much for all your work. Well, thank you for your good work. We'll put the lynxs to

Daniel Goleman: Emotional Intelligence In 1995, Daniel Goleman published the blockbuster bestselling book Emotional Intelligence*, a book that now has more than 5 million copies in print worldwide in 40 different languages. He’s the author of a new series of primers for the competencies of emotional and social intelligence, titled Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence* and he’s launching an emotional intelligence coaching certification. Key Points Emotional Intelligence has given us permission to talk about emotion in the workplace. Emotional Intelligence is about how well you can manage yourself. Self-awareness is fundamental. If you have a sense of your true strengths and weaknesses, you can have self-confidence that is based on reality. If you feel your emotions flaring up, pause and name what’s going on. That’ll allow the executive part of your brain to take back charge. Notice what your triggers are and intentionally avoid them. Self-awareness can give you insights into bad habits you might have as a leader. Resources Mentioned Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence Primers* by Daniel Goleman, et al. What Makes a Leader: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters* by Daniel Goleman Emotional and Social Competence Inventory Book Notes Download my highlights from Emotional Self-Awareness in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes Create Behavior That Lasts, with Marshall Goldsmith (episode 196) The Choice for Compassion, with Edith Eger (episode 336) How to Leverage Your 360, with Tom Henschel (episode 341) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.