Tune up your EQ

Anna Farmery, of The Engaging Brand Blog, interviewed me about Emotional Intelligence and Leadership recently. In Part 2 of the 2 part interview series, Anna and I discuss:

* Relationship management, the fourth Emotional Intelligence competency.
* How to read and use an Emotional Intelligence assessment.
* Why self awareness is vital to modern leadership.

If you haven’t heard Part 1 yet, Listen now.

Let Anna know what you think by leaving a comment on her blog. Join The Facebook Group on the Engaging Brand.

These interviews give you are good introduction to the four foundation emotional intelligence competencies and I’ve added them to the Emotional Intelligence 101 series.

Next Steps

To read articles about how to apply Emotional Intelligence principles at work and in the rest of your life, read the Emotional Intelligence 2.0 series.

To explore how I can help you:

* achieve your career goals
* clarify your life purpose, or
* improve your quality of life,
Go to the Tune up your EQ Coaching Page

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I’m really delighted to welcome Dr. Ellen Weber, President of the MITA Brain Based Business Center in Rochester, New York as the first guest blogger on Tune up your EQ. Ellen’s article is part of a conversation that we’ve been sharing about change and creative spaces. The links for my 3 articles as guest blogger for Ellen’s award-winning Brain Based Business Blog are at the foot of Ellen’s post.

Enjoy Ellen’s insights about leadership and positive change.

Thanks Galba for your leadership, your friendship and especially for the keen insights expressed in … 3 Creative Spaces for “Managing” Positive Change. Your moving story of change within the Government of Jamaica - inspires all of us.

What a curiosity building question …

Are you energized by the exciting possibilities that positive change offers?

Yes, I am energized … as Dr. Robyn McMaster and I create space for change here at the MITA Brain Based Centerthrough two-footed questions
Our work with university faculty and top administrators recently drew from their own questions that created space and showed the need for change in higher education – if it is to serve learners.

We create space for change though MITA’s five entry points by spotting and drawing from multiple intelligence brainpower for profitability
Your process of difficulties being replaced by high spirited problem solving says it all!
We target positive changes – and then brainstorm with stake holders and those who will implement these changes. Like you mentioned we also hit walls and make mistakes. Did I just say we make mistakes?

Now that I think of it … that’s likely why we ask ourselves and the leaders with whom we work …

Where do mistakes from yesterday meet your talents today?

The greatest impediment to change that we encounter comes from what we term Hebbian habits. The second great wall to change we see is tone trouble – which becomes a silent killer in a group going after changes.

In all these impediments to change though … we find – as you stated:

…”It’s easier to respect others if you make a habit of managing your self.”

I’d like to add to that …

“It’s easier to change systems when you create new approaches with brain based benefits.”

Here at MITA Brain Based Center … we work daily with people to improve some part of their leadership, learning or business approaches –in ways that create space for mind-bending profitability.

Did I mention this is the most satisfying work in the universe - even after 30 years as a change agent. Now it’s your turn to jump into creative spaces Galba Bright created and tell us about change at your workplace….

Have you considered ways to be part of the process for any rejuvenated visions lately?

Links to Galba Bright’s Leadership For Positive Change Articles For Brain Based Business

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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The Trouble With The Old 3 Rs

In first part of this series, we learned that the traditional 3 Rs, Reading, Writing and “Rithmetic” won’t guarantee you career success. To achieve your career goals you must manage your own emotions so that you perform well and your team consistently achieves its goals. In the final part of this series, we look at how the new 3Rs, Research, Receptivity, and Reflection help you become an outstanding leader. Read the rest of this entry »

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Living In Interesting Times

EQ and brain based research shows that how you feel, think and act are intimately linked. In this two part series, we’ll look at the new Emotional Intelligence information and why you need to learn and practice the new 3 Rs, Research, Receptivity and Reflection, if you’re to achieve your career goals. This article focuses on important EQ research findings. Read the rest of this entry »

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Linda Zdanowicz from the Exceptional DentalPractice Management Blog was kind enough to tag Tune up your EQ as one of the five blogs that get her thinking. It’s a meme that was started by The Thinking Blog.

Now my task is to tag five blogs that get me thinking. Well, Emotional Intelligence teaches us that how we think and how we feel are closely connected, so here’s my list. Four of them are based on the mind, the fifth focuses on management. I’ll also describe how I feel when I read these blogs.

Anthony Mersino of EQ4PM writes with authority on Emotional Intelligence, Project Management and Information Technology. He asks great questions, we enjoy a good dialogue, exchange tips and ask each other questions. A visit to his blog feels like visiting a familiar comfortable place. Our views often converge and I feel that we support and complement each other.

A New Marketing is a nicely designed blog by Matt J. McDonald. His great strength is expressing one idea clearly and concisely, indeed, I feel that’s his brand. The blog design is clean and mirrors the ideas that he presents. Whilst I’m at this blog, I feel full a sense of consistency and freshness.

Whilst we talking about the integration of fine words and design, I must tell you about MT of Mind Tweaks. The author knows how to produce upside-down thinking, irony and insight in a longer writing style that is great for telling stories. You’ll also enjoy great quotations and “bottom line” summaries, called MindTweaks which cleverly capture the essence of each post.

MT always makes me laugh, so a visit to the blog makes me feel happy.

Roger Dooley of Neuromarketing shares cutting edge research information about the interface between brain science and marketing. I always feel informed and a little ahead of the game when I read his insights. What’s great about his work is his tone.

It’s clear that he’s an enthusiast, yet he always casts a critical eye at the information, so this makes me feel more comfortable that I’m being given space to make up my own mind, rather than being “sold.”

Steve Roesler’s All Things Workplace presents clear, authoritative management insights and advice. He knows how to ask questions and stimulate good conversations and dialogue in the comments section. Steve helps me sharpen my thinking because he makes complex things seem simple, a hallmark of a great communicator.

So, here’s my list of 5 blogs that make me think and give me good feelings. If you’re one of the five people that I tagged, please write a post linking to five blogs that make you think and also link back to the originator of this meme, The Thinking Blog.

Thanks one more Linda for tagging me.

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