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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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Every week, I write 3 original articles that help you improve your Emotional Intelligence. If you're new here, feel free to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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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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Power 106 FM is a Jamaican based radio station that broadcasts around the world. In this podcast, Jamaican journalists Ronnie Thwaites, Ralston Hyman and myself discuss the lessons of the How To Build A World Cup Cricket Stadium With Emotional Intelligence Story on the Real Business radio programme. This interview is thev second of a two-part series.

Listen to The World Cup Cricket Story, Part 2

Do let me know what you think.

Additional Resources

Listen To The World Cup Cricket Story, Part 1.

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How To Build A World Cup Cricket Stadium With Emotional Intelligence (279kb) PDF format

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Why we must learn to embrace failure

When you learn from your failures the outcomes can be very powerful.

This month’s BrightIdeas™ presentation

How to Transform Organisational Failure into Superior Results, tells the story of a leader in a public sector organisation who inspired her team through her willingness to learn by embracing failure.

Although it wasn’t easy, she was able to restrain disruptive trigger impulses. Instead of shutting down (which would have pushed her organisation further down the steep hill of failure), she was able to manage her emotions.

As a result her leadership approach had a great impact. It led to superior organisational results.

This leader vividly demonstrated how my 7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence can help you to achieve personal and organisational breakthroughs in the real world.

Download The How A Transformational Leader Learned From Failure Presentation

You can download your copy of the presentation here.

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But this could never work for me!!

This story touches on numerous work themes, including how you lead, whether and how you empower employees, how you plan and how you manage projects. They apply wherever you live and wherever you work.

All that is different is the conclusion that YOU reach when you decide how you feel about the presentation.

Be aware of the 3 levels of failure

As you view the presentation, I encourage you to think about how you deal with failure at work at 3 important levels, firstly as an individual, secondly, as a team member and finally, at the level of your organisation as a whole.

I’m curious to know how you feel once you’ve answered the 5 questions at the end of the presentation.

Recognising an inspiring, authentic and humble leader

Thank you so much, project sponsor. Writing this post and the presentation reminded me that it was a great learning experience for me to see an authentic leader in action and it was my privilege to be involved in facilitating the retreats.

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There’s a lot to this story. Towards the end of her opening presentation, the project sponsor observed:

“it is my belief that by examining these failures, and implementing plans to address them, along with continuous process reviews we’ll build confidence and product branding within the region.”

You can download the project sponsor’s presentation Is Failure A Good Thing ?here.

Click here to read more about the project in this press release.

Recognising a community building Tune up Your EQ Blog reader

Thank you, Dr. Ellen Weber for suggesting that I look more deeply into how my 7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence work in the real world.

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