Category Affective Leadership

Fight the Fear, Stay off the Brakes December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

FEAR MAKES PEOPLE DANGEROUS. This is true on icy roads, congested traffic and in leading people through difficult changes. Most of us have experienced accelerating to merge into fast moving traffic only to find the driver in front of us paralyzed by the process has slammed on their brakes. Winter news broadcasts are full of the latest dash cam capture of inexperienced icy-roads drivers spinning out of control with both feet jammed on the brake pedal...

Don’t take this Job December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Training

When I first began studying Vineet Nayar several years ago I was stunned by his hiring process. In most organizations “Meeting the CEO” was more of a “welcome to” instead of a real “inter-view”...

Routines Reinforce Resolve December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence

The HBR Guide to Managing Stress at Work seems to confirm many of the lessons we learned from Tony Schwartz in The Way We Are Working Isn’t Working and Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow.

We have a limited amount of decision making energy.

Our System Two thinking is lazy and sticking to a routine can free up our mental energy to focus on more productive tasks.

My previous boss and owner of the Coeur d’Alene Resort stuck to the same routine of exercising at 4 AM every day, he bought e...

What makes a CSP giveaway keynotes? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Keynote Keys, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Video Samples No comments

It could be because I am not particularly good at this but if you read any of my mountain of testimonials you know that is not true. The CSP designation is not easy to attain. For those new to the acronym CSP stands for Certified Speaking Professional. It is the only earned by 10% of Global Speakers Federation members worldwide.*

So the question remains; Why would anyone who is skilled and determined enough to earn this designation want to give away his keynote presentations?

The change hap...

Can the 40th Rubik’s anniversary help you solve your innovative quandary? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance No comments

On this 40th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube I thought it appropriate to apply this commemorative celebration to our increasing organizational investments in innovation.

The biggest threat to nonprofits is not declining membership, meeting attendance or sponsorship. It is not limitations in volunteers, time or money, but a shortage of “Creative Democracy”.

According to Plato the process of being “ruled by a group” is a democracy...