Our Alumni and Mentors know that Junto sessions and conversations run across a spectrum.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Eudaimonia
I was on a panel yesterday morning, speaking on Vision, Mission & Values, when a woman in the audience asked a question:
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Eudaimonia
As someone who wakes up at 4am on weekdays, 5am on weekends, and follows a flexible yet planned morning routine, I can attest to its power. It gets me focused on the day ahead, enables me to feel productive when the day ends, and keeps me centered throughout the week.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Eudaimonia
Lead with love today. Lead with love every day.
Not the romantic kind. That's only one type of love, and the one that has misguided society's view of whether love has a place in business. It does.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Eudaimonia
Leadership is like other learned activities. It's a skill, and it needs to be practiced to be done well.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Learning
Last year, we introduced a Master Class in Emotional Intelligence for our Alumni companies, for which we've received some incredible comments. One piece of feedback was particularly meaningful to me, as the instructor. The participants noted how passionate I was, not only about the topics, but about what I was learning.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Eudaimonia
After six years of running The Junto Institute, there is no doubt in my mind: growing our emotional intelligence makes us better people and makes the people around us better.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Learning
One of my favorite sayings is, "It doesn't matter how emotionally intelligent we are. What matters is how emotionally intelligent we can be." I use this mostly in two settings.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Learning
One of the core concepts of emotional intelligence is that, as leaders, our emotions and moods spread to our team. No matter how skilled we are at "hiding" our true feelings, studies have proven they come out subconsciously through unique language, tone of voice, non-verbals, and other micro-behaviors.
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Humans are social creatures. Research has concluded that strong social bonds contribute to a longer life. And most of us work in teams, for teams, and with teams. Yet when it comes to learning, we rarely do it together. We listen to podcasts, read books, attend seminars, and reflect mostly on our own.
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Topics: Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Learning
