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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

After an intensive training in the practice, he was better able to stop himself when his impulse was to jump in and control, and instead adopt a more supportive style, letting subordinates take on more responsibility. These, it turns out, are what one of us (Dan) has described as core emotional intelligence competencies.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? However, Booz & Company consultants are respected because of the firm’s legacy of hiring for a combination of intellectual capacity and emotional intelligence.

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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

Harvard Business

Conducting in depth interviews with 50 people who’d dramatically improved their self-awareness to learn about the key actions that helped them get there, as well as their beliefs and practices. The highly self-aware people we interviewed were actively focused on balancing the scale. But this doesn’t have to be the case.

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. We interviewed over forty successful leaders from a variety of organizations (corporate, non-profit, startup), across different industries.

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Exploring Emotional Intelligence: Helping Managers Succeed – Part 3

Gina Abudi

A Client Case Study – Part 3 of 3 – Creating the Strategic Plan for L&D. Read Part 1 and Part 2 of the case study. We used the data from the 360 assessments, information gathered from interviews with the managers assessed, data provided early on by [.]. The Plan for Learning and Coaching of Managers.

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How Fear Helps (and Hurts) Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business

We interviewed 65 entrepreneurs in the UK and Canada. We defined fear of failure as a temporary cognitive and emotional reaction to a threat to potential achievement. In each case, rather than inhibiting behavior, these sources of fear drove greater effort. How can and should entrepreneurs respond to the fear of failure?

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business

As an aspiring PM, there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies , Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Company Fit. Some examples of these competencies include: Conducting customer interviews and user testing. Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Running design sprints. Company Fit.