Stephen Bardo grew up in Carbondale, Illinois, where he always strived to be the best at anything he did. This included school and especially sports. Stephen was an All-State and honorable mention All-American basketball player in high school and led his team to the state tournament. His hard work paid off when University of Illinois […]
Dr. Jonathan Schooler earned his BA at Hamilton College in 1981 and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1987. He joined the psychology faculty of the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant professor that same year and became a research scientist at Pittsburgh’s Learning Research and Development Center. He moved on to the […]
Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., Author, Speaker, Consultant and ICF Certified Coach has been named a world wide authority on leadership and human behavior by major business and financial news organizations. Dr. Greeberg teaches the science of happiness and how it impacts our emotional and social intelligence. She is known for achieving outstanding results for others. Relly […]
In the last blog I described the perfection loop that we can easily fall prey to without realizing this “failure set up” pattern. In this blog I will explain the loop more and how to bust it. This is another excerpt on one of the 108 strategies in my Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Strategies for […]
Dr. Lois Phillips is a dynamic public speaker whose clients say she “practices what she teaches.” She is the author of “Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers.” Using principles outlined in her book, and gained from interviews with successful speakers, she provides coaching and training to spokespersons, managers and executives. Dr. Phillips […]
In continuing our focus on hands-on tools to raise your Confidence, below is another of the 108 strategies adapted from Leading with Emotional Intelligence. Success-driven people always set goals for themselves, but often these goals set them up for failure or frustration. Why? Because the goals are unrealistic to start with and constitute a pattern […]
For more than a decade, Dr. Laura Sicola has been lecturing, researching, coaching, and publishing on pronunciation, cognition, the voice and related effects on learning. She speaks English, Spanish and Japanese and has studied Arabic and Italian. She is the founder of the Sicola Consulting Group, providing linguistic and cross-cultural training for organizations and individuals […]
In continuing our focus on hands-on tools to raise your Confidence, below is another strategy adapted from Leading with Emotional Intelligence. As an outgrowth of creating your Success Log in the last blog, keep a current log of daily or weekly successes and achievements. The More-Over As a Self-Awareness exercise it is important to know […]
Kim Cameron is William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations in the Ross School of Business and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. He currently serves as Associate Dean of Executive Education in the Ross School. His past research on organizational virtuousness, downsizing, effectiveness, corporate quality […]
In continuing our focus on hands-on tools to raise your Confidence, below is another strategy adapted from Leading with Emotional Intelligence. I use this with leaders to help them identify strengths and success patterns that may not be obvious to them. People always feel good highlighting their strengths and this exercise gives them a reminiscent […]