In over 25 years as a professor of communications and corporate trainer, I’ve noticed three particular skills that stand out as predictors of professional success: curiosity, empathy and resilience.
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Emotional intelligence is a key skill for professionals to be successful. Whether it is becoming self-aware about your strengths, weaknesses and values or increasing your ability to relate to others, it is the key to growth in an organization.
Really, the question should be: Why wouldn’t emotional intelligence be important in the IT field?
The need for leaders to be people-savvy is as important as, if not more important than, the need to be business-savvy.
Whether it pertains to daily operations, corporate training or ad-hoc project assignments, intelligent decision-making is a crucial leadership skill. Here are some daily habits that can help leaders become more intelligent decision-makers.
If 80% of the global workforce is disengaged, yet $387 billion is spent annually on leadership development, then what in the world are we missing?
Managing resilience in today’s fast paced world of high expectations is tough. Change and challenge are often the norm whether it comes from a new program being unveiled, a complete reshuffle due to a merger or parents moving into a care facility. Too...
In last month’s blog, I discussed what I call ‘no-normal’ dynamics and their impact on all of us collectively and organizationally. But, what about the effect on each of us individually? What about the interpersonal impact?
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” is one of my favorite HBO comedy series. The show centers around the life of Larry David who was the creator of the show “Seinfeld.” What makes “Curb Your Enthusiasm” so funny is that its main character, Larry David,...