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Lessons from the Emergency Room December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence No comments

Our holiday weekend started out like most. The lawn was moved, cars washed, the deck washed for a family gathering in the afternoon. Then it hit. It sounded something akin to the primal roar of a wounded animal, followed by the telltale “splash” of someone’s innards being turned inside out. A rough experience for anyone, but particularly so for someone just a couple years short of his 90th birthday. My father in law – “The Hammer”.

This continued for close to an hour before we headed off to ...

Leading without Positional Power December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Diagnostics, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance

The Starfish and the Spider+Employees First

Leaderless organizations are everywhere. If you don’t find ways to include everyone on your team, you may soon be the one sitting on the bench.

After reading a bio of one of my business heroes, Vineet Nayar I decided to read his favorite book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom. Vineet was the CEO of HCL Technologies at the time and has been recognized as one of the top business thinkers in the world today...

The Upside of Inverting Your Organization December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

This is a MUST READ for anyone serious about giving your front line team FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY.

Recognized as the 2008 the “Number One Best Employer in India” by Hewitt Associates and Business Week. HCLT is propelled by a leadership style described by Fortune Magazine as “The World’s Most Modern Management” CEO Vineet Nayar has been singled out by the London Business School as “the leader of organizational Innovation”...