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The Science Behind the EQ-i 2.0 Model of Emotional Intelligence

What is the EQ-i 2.0 Model? The EQ-i 2.0 model of emotional intelligence is an online assessment tool that produces an overall snapshot of one’s emotional intelligence. The Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i®) and the EQ 360® have been instrumental in helping individuals and organisations predict and improve human performance. The …

My dream job is Wendy Rhoades from “Billions”

This scene of Wendy Rhoades as a high performance coach in the US TV show, “Billions,” sums up my dream job, only, naturally, without the hyperbolic storylines & extreme narcissism. Wendy is there to sort your head out so you can be the best you can be at work. She …

The Worst Advice to Give Female Leaders: Grow a pair

She spent so much time consumed by what other people thought of her that it never occurred to her that she could spend that mental bandwidth on learning what she thought of herself instead. She sought acceptance from what others said about her. She believed in her heart that her …

What it takes to be a global leader

It would be erroneous to put one’s leadership style under an umbrella term, like servant or transformational. As a result of globalisation, a leader isn’t ‘or’, they are ‘and.’ They are servant and transformational, and all other leadership nomenclatures. Global leadership requires the leader to be malleable to those they lead and …

3 Questions to answer before someone can be influenced by you

As leaders, we’re challenged to hone in on our effectiveness with the people we lead. Leading requires you to have influence over others. I’d like to think that you’re positively influencing others, but we all know there are people who are in positions of leadership that I personally would not …

Dig Deep into DEI: Study cultural intelligence

I just saw an image produced by TransforMe Learning & Leadership Solutions that showed a row of female icons with the statement, ‘this is not diversity’. Below it, another row with the statement, ‘this is’. That row showed icons of a wheelchair, a female, a male, the rainbow flag and a black …

Dispelling the myth of empathy: A case study

Two different employers, same issue with employee’s pay. Two very different ways of handling it. The employee’s pay didn’t hit their accounts as scheduled. Employer A told the employee to check their account, stating it must be a problem with their bank because he was paid. After the employee did …

How to make self-improvement easy: 1% better

“If you start out with $100 at the beginning of the year and you were able to increase what you have by 1% every single day, at the end of the year, you would have $3,778.34 = $100 * (1 + 1%) ^ 365. That is 37.78x what you had …