These simple mindset shifts will help you develop your leadership skills and manage people in a more efficient way. There is no doubt the practice of mindfulness is one of the key skills you, as a leader, must master if you are going to be credible moving forward. Being able to be open-minded, dispense with fixed, or limiting beliefs and use emotionally intelligent practices is becoming apparent as key leadership skills. Many moons ago, as a young manager, I realized I had t

Business leaders should follow Bob the Builder’s example and ask themselves if they can achieve their goals – research shows it will increase the chances of success. If you are looking for business advice, you might haul out your old MBA textbooks or consult a management guru. But the shrewdest guidance often comes from an actual entrepreneur. Someone who’s created a company. Someone who’s faced the challenges of missed deadlines, cranky employees and dodgy supply chains. Som

Traditional performance reviews typically address goals or targets and how the work or project measures up against those targets. Using Blueprint of We Collaboration Documents in place of existing performance reviews creates the ability to evaluate not just the deliverables, but the entire relationship and how it impacts the business. And the typical review elements can remain intact in the Custom Design Component of the document. Dr. Samuel Culbert’s, professor UCLA Anderson

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RSA Animate – from www.theRSA.org This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink‘s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. #animation #brain #DanielPink #drive #motivation #personal #RSA #work

An interview with Dr. Daniel Goleman, author of the bestselling books Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence. See how you can use emotional and social intelligence to improve your own and your organization’s performance. #brain #business #leaderships #relationships #socialintelligence #work