Suggested Reading
Strategic Alignment
How can leaders make change that is sustainable? Aligning the
power inherent in the company to work in support of strategic goals
is part of the executive role. Read the article.
The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence
Does EQ really matter? Read
Gary Cherniss’ article summarizing
how emotional intelligence has been proven to be a set of competencies
that differentiate good from great.
Level 5 Leadership: Surprising Results
Level 5 Leadership is leading author Jim Collins' work about what
his 5 year study of over 10,000 companies has demonstrated…that
key leadership behaviors are associated with organizational success. Check
out the article of the same name.
Is Love Out of Place at Work? Not Necessarily.
“The secret to being a high-impact leader and the essence
of individual and corporate success: Learn as much as you can as
quickly as you can and share your knowledge aggressively; expand
your network of people who share your values and connect as many
of them with each other as possible; and, perhaps most important,
be as openly human as you can be and find the courage to express
genuine emotion in the harried, pressure-filled world of work.
And one last point: Behave this way not because you expect something
in return -- a quid pro quo -- but because it's the right way to
behave. The less you expect in return for acts of professional
generosity, the more you will receive.” Read
the complete article.
Trust is critical at work, but is there anything you can really
do about it?
What are the 5 steps to becoming an architect of
trust….and
increasing the levels of commitment, innovation and competitive
advantage in your organization? Read
the article.
What is Emotional Intelligence?
This is an easy to understand overview of Goleman’s Emotional
Intelligence
Competencies. Read the article.
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