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Are you winning the rat race? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Training No comments

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you‘re still a rat.”

Lily Tomlin

Every day is a contest. We compete for increasing market share, advancing our position, receiving the recognition we deserve, the customers we need and the respect we long for. But how do we measure our success? Is there a finish line or benchmark? Do all stakeholders agree on the metrics?

When Vineet Nayar took the helm of HCLT his greatest challenge was not their failures but their successes...

Part 5: Evolving to Peer Power December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence One comment

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...

Do you despise Motivational Speakers? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Peer Powered Performance

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”...

Are a few BAD APPLES costing you 40% December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer 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...

Should you praise effort or ability? December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence

We are torn between two masters. On one hand we like to learn. We are born inquisitive, adventurous and unafraid. Then we are taught that mistakes are bad. Not only are the mistakes bad but there is obviously something wrong with the person who makes them. The solution then is to confine ourselves to activities at which we are already proficient and blame other people or situations for everything else. Problem solved. Except of course that it isn’t.

Mistakes in fact are physiologically th...