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 backwards bicycle and neuroplasticity
The backwards bicycle was designed by some welders that work with Destin, an internet-famous science communicator. He’s funny and engaging and his videos are really great. Destin’s experience with the backwards bicycle is a fascinating window into a real life learning scenario. The backwards bicycle is just a regular bike, but the handle bar has…
Healthy self-regard in effective leaders
Healthy self-regard is an essential quality in leaders. But balance is needed to avoid thinking too highly of yourself. Here’s a few ideas…
One of the biggest problems in workplace performance: lack of awareness of impact
Ever noticed that most workplace issues stem from someone’s lack of awareness of their impact on others? The key is to understand impact, not intention…
How to effectively engage in traditional family gatherings (like Festivus)
The family gathering is a common enough event, even in modern life. But for many people, weekends spent with family can be very stressful. Here are a few emotional intelligence skills to work on …
Emotional intelligence and gender based violence
It’s critical that we include the idea of gender bias in our discussions of emotional intelligence. We need to understand how our socialization affects how we …
Emotionally intelligent features of the Bechdel Test
The Bechdel test is hitting the mainstream, and I think it has some emotionally intelligent features …
The Emotional Intelligence of Physicians
Doctors are unique in many ways. For example, there is no other group of people on the planet for whom we have a greater expectation that they have great technical knowledge and demonstrate compassion and caring…
Culture eats strategy
The full quotation is, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” and comes from the great Peter Drucker, considered to be the ‘father of contemporary management theory.’ I recently heard a manager, in an attempt to let me know he knew about emotional intelligence use this quotation, however, he said it in such a way that I…
Talking, thinking, practicing: how to focus on emotional intelligence
Social and emotional intelligence skills are critical to success at work. And life. Some folks have an abundance of emotional intelligence. But what about the rest of us?
Empathy and good design
IDEO is a world leader in product design. The founder David Kelley tells us why empathy is so important to good design…
EQ Interview Questions
Here are a few thoughts on some interview questions that fold in the fifteen emotional quotient competencies of the BarOn model of EQ …
