Coach, author and speaker Dr. Marcia Reynolds has written an insightful book, Outsmart Your Brain – How to Master Your Mind When Emotions Take the Wheel, that emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence in the leadership role. She believes that productivity has nothing to do with knowledge and skills. “Results depend on emotional commitment. Performance [...]
The Arbinger Institute's classic book, "Leadership & Self-Deception - Getting Out of the Box", is one of the most powerful leadership books that has ever been written. The authors describe how being absorbed in our own thoughts, feelings and emotions and ignoring others' humanity and perspectives is a sure recipe for disaster in organizations. Ignoring [...]
It amazes me how many corporate cultures get in the way of employee engagement, morale, productivity and creativity. Such cultures are based on a foundation of numbers, logic, spreadsheets, analysis, strategic planning, ROI, rules and regulations, etc. and view their employees as Mr. Spock-like machines who lack emotion and don't have to time to engage in [...]
Is there anything more threatening and uninviting than the typical performance review process? Rebecca Knight wrote a blog on the Harvard Business Review Best Practices Blog Network (November, 2011) that "For many employees, a face-to-face performance review is the most stressful conversation they'll have all year." She continued by writing that the annual performance review forces [...]
The introduction of Points of You PRO into the marketplace has been a fascinating experience for me. It has been highly satisfying and fulfilling as I have watched both individuals and teams develop new perspectives and open up to each other in an authentic manner. It was the use of Points of You and its [...]
