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leadership news from Karlin Sloan & Company
December 2009
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Letter from the CEO |
Greetings this December, As we close out 2009, many of us find that there are a great deal of things we need to make happen, and fast. In order to get work out the door, we need to be in top form as influencers and communicators. This issue of Momentum helps you know what to say and how to say it when you need to get things done! Enjoy, Karlin Sloan Chief Executive Officer Karlin Sloan & Companybe the change.
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Inspiration: Quote of the Month
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strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember
most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?" -Tennessee Williams
Are you the kind of leader that people want to do things for? How are you building the strength of relationship required to influence effectively?
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| Valued Leaders are Influential
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by Bob Corbett Generally, leaders are viewed as successful when they consistently meet or exceed agreed upon organization goals. A valued leader in an organization is one who is both successful and an influencer in the organization. Influencers contribute significantly to the resolution of organization issues by facilitating the airing of key perspectives, raising critical considerations, providing key insights, and facilitating the move to closure with actions. Valued, influential leaders in organizations: - have Credibility: are knowledgeable, have a proven track record, operate with integrity, and do what they say.
- offer Reciprocity: return the favor by working hard to help peers resolve their organization challenges.
- are a Resource: they are seen as go-to people by top management and peers.
- Communicate well: their communications are clear and thoughtful.
- are Aligned with the organization and the leadership team: are committed to the organization's goals and to the leadership team's action plans to achieve those goals.
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Emotional Intelligence: Building Influence by Building EI
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The term emotional intelligence(EI) is often used in business circles these days, but not everyone has a good grasp of what it means. Daniel Goleman, who coined the term, defines it as "the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships."
The first and foundational competency for leaders to demonstrate EI is Emotional Self-Awareness. This type of awareness is the ability to recognize how emotions affect performance. At the simplest level, leaders must be able to recognize their feelings, understand what triggers or upsets them and be agile at understanding the implications of their emotions through their day.
So why do we care about the emotional underpinning in supporting leaders to be successful? Won't it make more sense to focus on strategies and development plans to help our clients create those results?
Richard Boyatis, one of Goleman's co-authors of Primal Leadership, teaches us that we experience emotional responses first and then our brains create rational, cognitive thoughts based on those emotional responses. Therefore it is imperative that today's leaders understand the their emotions as they navigate the day with the agenda of creating success.
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New Tools for Developing Emotional Intelligence
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This December Karlin Sloan & Company is proud to introduce the Genos EI products and services to their clients.The Genos Model
of Emotional Intelligence was the first EI assessment instrument
developed specifically for the workplace to help improve emotional
intelligence for individuals, teams, and organizations. Genos defines
Emotional intelligence as a set of skills that define how effectively
you perceive, understand, reason with, and manage your own and others'
feelings, emotions, and mood state.
Anyone who interacts with
others at work benefits from improving his or her emotional
intelligence. Likewise, enhanced emotional intelligence transforms
entire companies when applied to all levels and roles:
- Help employees understand emotional intelligence and improve their people skills right away
- Link improving emotional intelligence to desired business objectives and achieving a measurable return on investment.
- Apply emotional intelligence enhancement strategies in practical ways that achieve results immediately.
The
Genos suite of products includes a 360 multi-rater assessment to give participants
objective and confidential data to understand and develop their
emotional intelligence skills. Call us at 312-242-1801 or email clientrelations@karlinsloan.com to talk about how the Genos EI program can support your organization. | |
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