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Lessons from the Emergency Room

December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence  No comments

Our  holiday weekend started out like most. The lawn was moved, cars washed, the deck washed for a family gathering in the afternoon. Then it hit. It sounded something akin to the primal roar of a wounded autopsy without blameanimal, followed by the telltale “splash” of someone’s innards being turned inside out. A rough experience for anyone, but particularly so for someone just a couple years short of his 90th birthday. My father in law – “The Hammer”.

This continued for close to an hour before we headed off to ...

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Increase retention by 150%

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipEmotional IntelligenceKeynote Keys  2 comments

The typical retention rate of your average lecture is just 5%. But if you were shown 2,560 pictures over several days and then asked to choose which pictures you recognized, how many would you correctly recognize? The answer may change the way you communicate everything.

Seven ideas that can improve your communication skills by 150% or more.

1. Less IS more: Filing every moment of a meeting is not just a waste to some but a detriment to all...

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Energized by Inclusion

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipEmotional IntelligencePeer Powered PerformancePositive Deviance  No comments

Judge Hammer

Old school leaders aspire to the belief that
“he who holds the knowledge, holds the power
.”

  The new paradigm is he who holds the knowledge,
and doesn’t share it, is probably guilty.

blank scoreboardWe would never consider a sporting event without goals, displaying confusing scoreboards or faceless time clocks.  Instead feedback is immediate, concise, compelling, and consistently understood by everyone both in the game and on the sidelines.

goal posts In contrast, many work environments are inundated with ambigui...

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I have the least amount of skill in the organization

December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence  No comments

Roland-Knox

I have the least amount of skill in the organization”.

We might expect to hear this from a new employee, but how would you feel if you were to hear this from the CEO of your hospital? Would you be inspired or think “he should be fired”? The answer to this question says a great deal about your understanding of the role of today’s most influential leaders...

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Leading without Positional Power

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipDiagnosticsEmotional IntelligencePeer Powered PerformancePositive Deviance

The Starfish and the Spider+Employees First

Leaderless organizations are everywhere.  If you don’t find ways to include everyone on your team, you may soon be the one sitting on the bench.

After reading a bio of one of my business heroes, Vineet Nayar I decided to read his favorite book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom.   Vineet was the CEO of HCL Technologies at the time and has been recognized as one of the top business thinkers in the world today...

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