Susan Crawford, Emotional Intelligence Change Leader
EITC Change Leaders: celebrating our EITC alumni and colleagues who are exemplifying exceptional leadership in their professional lives and promoting emotional intelligence in the world.
No guts, no glory: the evolution of the workplace
One of the biggest changes in the workplace over the last several decades is the transition from what has been called the ‘Dominance Paradigm’ where managers dominate their employees to the ‘Partnership Paradigm’ in which managers partner with their employees (see Eisler, 2007)…
Courage, leadership, and your emotional intelligence
Courage is not just about superheroes; it is personal and is found in everyday interactions and situations. It is the willingness to face agony, pain, intimidation or uncertainty, even when we are reluctant or fearful. And it’s essential to leadership.
Becoming an exceptional leader: Heart and Science of Leadership for Women
Are you looking for a different kind of leadership development experience? If so, you would be joining a growing number of women who have one thing in common; they want to become exceptional leaders. And they want their work and life to be integrated and balanced. The Heart and Science of Leadership for Women is…
Emotionally intelligent career advice: Who’s writing your reference letter?
It continues to amaze me how some employees treat the very people who will be writing their reference letters. Who’s writing your reference letter or who is going to provide a reference for you and what are they going to say about you? What do you want them…
EQ assessment and coaching paints a clear leadership picture
Maria thrived in the competitive environment of medical school because she was smart and hardworking. She was confident being in charge as a physician leader during rounds and in cross-functional team situations, and was comfortable with a directive style of leadership she learned in medical…
Getting it right the first time: Onboarding with emotion
Here’s a short tale of two impressions. Margaret was at a party when she met Shae who worked at Thread the Needle Electronics (TNE), a company where she had recently submitted a resume. She thought TNE would be a great place to work. Shae told her it was actually a very challenging place as it…
Leaders keep learning, keep growing
In our work with organizations, in our coaching relationships, and in our leadership development courses, we are inspired by the drive of leaders to keep learning, to keep growing, and to keep going…
Unconscious bias, emotional intelligence and leadership
The strength of unconscious bias is it can help us think and make decisions quickly. The downside of unconscious, or implicit, bias is that it is unconscious and we do not know the extent of the impact on our thinking and decision-making. Once we become aware of these biases, we have more choice over their influence on us….
Initiatives to support women in leadership
Many organizations have a special initiative to support women in leadership. ATB Financial’s “Elevate” program, Conexus Credit Union in Saskatchewan, goeasy Financial, and Cigna Healthcare are among the growing number of high performing companies that have women’s leadership initiatives. They recognize the important contributions …
Presentation at Royal Roads University Leadership Conference
I had a fantastic time today at the Royal Roads University Leadership Conference. I was honoured to be a presenter with Andrea Reibmayr. Andrea and I cowrote a paper looking at the relationship between the LEADS Framework for healthcare and emotional intelligence …
Meet the minds behind The Heart and Science of Leadership for Women
Jill Cory and Jill Jamieson say hi and tell us a little about The Heart and Science of Leadership…
Blogging is a leadership skill
Some thoughts on how the features of the leadership model we use, including Authenticity, Coaching, Insight and Innovation are exhibited in good writing, and good blogging…
Authenticity condundrum: leadership skill or reason to be a jerk?
In which David examines some meanings and practices behind the idea of authenticity in leadership…
The leadership institute at Google is using emotional intelligence
I finally took a look at the leadership institute that Google provides to its employees, and also to the public, called Search Inside Yourself and what I found is pretty inspiring…
