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Part 5: Evolving to Peer Power
December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence
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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 every 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 Leadership, Peer Powered Performance
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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 Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance
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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 Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance
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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 Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance
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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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