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Part 5: Evolving to Peer Power

December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence  One comment

stability plus creativity

Peer Powered Performance™ (P3) is a slow system for fast change designed to methodically, consistently and transparently unleash the energy, creativity, resolve and resilience available in everyno check list training organization.  P3 is not a one shot, quick fix, “check this one-off the list” solution, but a process for increasing awareness through education, transparency and collaboration.

Peer Powered Performance™ is not a system for revolution but a process for evolution...

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Do you despise Motivational Speakers?

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipPeer Powered Performance

not-motivational speaker

Despite being in the profession for almost two decades and receiving a designation earned by less than 10% of professional speakers[i] I am uncomfortable introducing myself as a “motivational speaker”.  Last week when asked to introduce myself to a class on the value of internal social networks I said; “Most people describe me as a ‘Motivational Speaker’ which simply means I get people excited to hear about things they will forget within the week”...

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Are a few BAD APPLES costing you 40%

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipEmotional IntelligencePeer Powered Performance

bad apple

I always believed that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) education was most effectively addressed as individual sets of skills, but I no longer think that is true.  EQ comes in communities.  We have all seen very high EQ people behave in very unconscious ways given the right-wrong environment.  We have also observed very unconscious people lifted to new levels of awareness simply by being in the presence of those few fearless among us...

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Part 2: The manager’s role in challenging the status quo.

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipEmotional IntelligencePeer Powered Performance  3 comments

Innovation requires experimentation

Every day, well-intentioned managers work exceedingly hard to ensure efficiency of time and task.  They allocate resources, define expectations and alleviate obstacles.   The system is both predictable and “productive”...

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The Hidden Power of Peer Politeness

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipEmotional IntelligencePeer Powered Performance

Peer politeness

I would have thought that employees’ communications would show more deference to their superiors but the stats tell a different story.  In a yearlong review of email exchanges among employees, peers and supervisors, researchers found that “linguistic markers that convey a willingness to yield to another’s preferences or opinions as a sign of respect or reverence”[i] are more common in peer to peer communications...

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