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The Science of Emotion December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance

Leadership is a Science

Leadership used to be referred to as an art. Now it is a proven science. Every component of this process has a purpose. Like the endless lines of zeros and ones in binary code, it is not only the content of each component but the space between that produces the results.

Humor with a purpose

laughing_audience In live presentations I am most often described as a humorist, but my purpose is not laughter. I use humor to share difficult lessons in an entertaining way...

Expectations Shape Realizations December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence

I woke up early this morning thinking about a comment made after an all-day program yesterday. She said, “He knows how I am“.

When I think about how I responded to events in my life even just a few years ago, I realize the things I used to believe about myself were not true. It also follows logically then that what I believe about myself right now is not true as well...

Quick fixes vs Real Results December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence

I have been privileged to create many training events for world-class teams over the last 15 years.

I have worked hard to make sure the content has been focused, interactive, educational but for most people the lessons are largely forgotten in a matter of weeks or maybe months.

This was not because the content was lacking or that the effort from participants was insincere, but that there was never a systemic way of continuing the conversations – a process for following through on the ideas intro...

Why “Change the Buzz” Bees? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

Because “Bee-ing” is the single most important, and least understood step in any change involving complex social interactions. Consider these statistics as evidence of our misconceptions about change.

95% of those who lose weight on a diet regain it.
25% of people abandon New Year’s resolutions within one week and 60% do so within six months.
The average person makes the same resolution 10 times without success.
70% of organizational change initiatives ultimately fail.

These exam...

Seven Secrets to help you rediscover the “re-newed” in you. December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

Everything happens to teach us about….ourselves

We just received the “opportunity News” that another conference had been “downsized”. It included the typical tight budgets and difficult time’s apologies and promises of new bookings in the better days to come.

We know how hard it is to put on these conferences, especially for volunteers who already have real full time jobs. These are perplexing times, but these are the times when people find out who we really are...