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Employees in Pajamas? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work

Imagine you are experiencing the worst economic times in recent history. You have just invested in a complete online employee survey program. The results have been painstakingly analyzed and reviewed, and you have a plan for action. Your entire team is scheduled for a nearly unprecedented early morning meeting to give the consulting team ample opportunity to address the issues identified through the survey process and your entire staff shows up ………………in pajamas. Would you be?

a) Outraged
b) ...

We always think we will have more time. December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence, Spirit at Work

We always think we will have more time. Time to do what we have always wanted, say what we always intended and be what we always imagined. Then we don’t.

Last week while working on this article I found a message I had received from our dear friend Bill Ferrence while he was battling bladder cancer. In typical Ferrence fashion Bill could find something to laugh about even in cancer. Some would say that Bill lost his fight but I prefer to believe that he was needed elsewhere...

SENT FROM MY DAD December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence, Spirit at Work No comments

Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the father said, ‘I love you, and I wish you enough.’

The daughter replied, ‘Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.’

They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window where I was seated...

Are you using Power or Force? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence One comment

Every picture we create in our minds has a magnetic power. These “Attractive Powers” have been measured and quantified through the use of behavioral kinesiology as described in books including Power Vs. Force by Dr. David Hawkins M.D., Ph.D. Power is universal and energizing, while the use of Force always creates its own resistance and is a negative drain on ourselves, our organizations and the world as a whole...