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Here’s how to elevate the single biggest predictor of performance in your team

An article I found a few years ago in Forbes grazed the tip of the emotional intelligence (EQ) iceberg when it described a study related to what makes someone likable: “In a study conducted at UCLA, subjects rated over 500 adjectives based on their perceived significance to likeability. The top-rated adjectives had nothing to do…

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Are your emotions effective or effecting the bottom line?

Let’s Get Engaged: Emotional Intelligence Part I Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is all the “rage” right now—especially with the many studies coming out and statistics becoming available—but even without all the hype, the concept just makes sense with what we’re now experiencing in the business world. The younger generations who have entered the work force have…

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Food For Thought Inspired By Yo-Yo Ma

It was a Friday afternoon and I was driving back from San Diego amidst a stunning, rich orange sunset and the Del Mar Summer Fair traffic.  To take my mind off of the parking lot of cars barely crawling by, and my desire to be anywhere but there, I threw on one of my favorite podcasts…

 

 

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Does your audience embody beautiful ideas?

Frank Wilczek is a Scientist, MIT professor, & author of the Book “A Beautiful Question.”  He is also published in many articles, authored several books, and is accomplished in his discoveries in physics, not to mention, a Nobel Prize winner. WAIT? What does he have to do with presenting a message to an audience, you might…