Infosys Founder Retires; Clever KPI; Mental Model of Business
August 18, 2011Biggest News; Power of PEC; Tell to Win; What we should say to children
August 25, 2011Emotional Intelligence 2.0; Four Critical Skills; Next 90 Days; India & Australia Tours
"…out-learning the competition"
HEADLINES:
Next 90 Days — it's getting crazy out there!! To help, Patrick Thean, CEO of Gazelles Systems, is hosting another Free Webcast How to use a 90-Day Critical Number to Increase Sales, Hire Great People and Generate Cash September 9th at 1:00 EST. Register here.
The best performing companies around the globe use 90-day critical numbers (a term coined by Jack Stack) to focus their team on the most important thing for the quarter to help them see great success in one vital area. Patrick will share with you:
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4 Keys to developing the right critical number |
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Best practices from other winning entrepreneurs |
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Best practices from other winning entrepreneurs |
India Tour — I'm back in India for one-day workshops Sept 7, Mumbai; Sept 9 Delhi – here's a link for more info.
Australia Tour — and I'm back in Australia for one-day workshops 20th Sept, Sydney; 21st Sept Adelaide; 22nd Sept Brisbane – here's a link for more info.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 — though the debate rages on as to whether EQ is really a predictor of leadership success, there's no doubt that one's ability to control your emotions is an important skill. And because it's a skill, more than an innate ability (and not an actual intelligence), it can be honed and improved. Daniel Goleman publicized the idea; Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves provide the "how to" for measuring and improving your EQ. Their book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 is the guide. (Gazelles book club members should have received).
Four Core EQ Skills — Bradberry & Greaves identify four core EQ skills for controlling your emotions:
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Self-Awareness |
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Self-Management |
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Social Awareness |
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Relationship Management |
When you get their book, go immediately to the back of the book and pull out the orange insert. Using the provided code, go online and take their EQ Assessment. Then go to Chapter 4 and a couple pages in you'll find some instructions to follow. The key is discovering your level in each of the four EQ skills and then focusing on the one area that will strengthen your EQ the quickest. You can go to the respective chapter in the book for pointers and tips. Here's link to their website and assessment.
Travis Bradberry Keynoting Fortune Growth Summit — in addition to the #1 business speaker, Dan Pink; Harvard strategy guru Youngme Moon; and Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy; Travis Bradberry is keynoting the Fortune Growth Summit in Phoenix Oct 25 – 26. Join us in Phoenix for a "mini-Think Week".
