Emotional Intelligence, sometimes called EI or EQ, is a strong indicator of the level of success one can attain in life, both in the personal and business realms.  Experts say that a heightened EQ increases happiness because it allows you to focus on feelings as well as facts.

IQ focuses on logic.  Strong emotional intelligence allows you to capitalize on your IQ because studies show that it takes both a strong IQ as well as EQ to build and maintain a successful career, strong and healthy relationships, and an overall fulfilling life.

So, can Emotional Intelligence be improved? Continue reading ‘How to Improve Emotional Intelligence – Your EQ’ »

I was asked recently, what is the major issue that keeps an executive from getting promoted or even costs them their jobs?

While there can be many factors that lead to a passed promotion – lack of skills or competencies, lack of related experience, etc. – there are really two major issues leading to job failure.

These factors are… Continue reading ‘Issues that Cost Executives Promotions and Jobs’ »

We hear so much about prosperity lately. We hear even more about a lack of prosperity.

The most common definition of prosperity is: “a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition.” It is important to realize that prosperity and abundance includes all conditions of life, not just money and finances.

How to Steps to Prosperity Continue reading ‘Creating and Living in Prosperity’ »

What is Emotional Intelligence?

EQ is a strong indicator of the level of success one can attain in life, both in the personal and business realms. IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, for many years was the standard indicator of intelligence, and perhaps even thought to be an indicator of success in life. Continue reading ‘What is EQ or Emotional Intelligence?’ »

Why is it so difficult for people to use effective communication techniques? It seems to me that people must be studying how to be ineffective communicators! And within organizations, lack of communication is always in the top three of issues for the organization.

So what are the barriers to effective communication? Here is a list of seven factors that I find each week with clients or just plain old observation of different people situations… Continue reading ‘Seven Barriers to Effective Communication’ »

As the new year approached, I pulled out my list of goals from the previous year and began my review of goal achievement. My question to you is – How Did You Do in Achieving Goals?

As I reviewed what I had done in goal achievement, I reflected on the number of reasons people have told me they did not achieve their goals. The list is short, yet, the variations are long and unique to each individual – so here are the top five reasons goals fail… Continue reading ‘Top Five Reasons Goals Fail’ »

Recently, I was in a discussion with an executive about the lack of commitment he felt was present in his staff. As we continued the discussion it became very evident that he was in the middle of a major change initiative within his group and it was not working well. As we continued our discussion one key factor became evident – he really didn’t believe it would work.

So, I visited with several of his key people and discussed the new initiative. Again, on the surface, everyone stated they were committed to the initiative however they felt two things. First, they felt their leader was not sincere since he continually did things that did not help their move forward. Second, they did not really feel it would work for various reasons.

Therefore, the initiative was doomed from the beginning. There appeared to be commitment, yet, few really believed in the success of the initiative. Thus, Commitment is Meaningless without Belief!

So what really happened? The Commitment was Meaningless without Belief. Here is what we found out… Continue reading ‘Commitment is Meaningless without Belief’ »

Every year we lose some source of reference that we have been using for information, continuity or some other emotional tie-in for providing some happiness or routine in our lives. Yet, every year a popular brand or store goes away – never to be seen again. Are you missing an old brand name store or product.

The loss of brands and stores is a common component of the changing times and a rough, extended recession. Therefore, we must adjust our life or lifestyle to accommodate this element of continuous change.

So what brands disappeared in 2009? While there are numerous local and small businesses that disappeared from your local economy, there is a small number of key losses. Here is a quick list of key losses… Continue reading ‘Ten Brands Missing in Action in 2009’ »

Today I want to cover the critical seven steps to a successful webinar. Seems a number of leaders want to use this form of information transfer or presentation, yet they are not sure how to go forward with a webinar.

So follow along as I share the seven critical steps to a successful webinar. By the way, my focus is for the professional, small business executive, sales team leader, marketing executives and anyone else wanting to use a webinar for fun or profit – or both. Here you go… Continue reading ‘7 Steps to a Successful Webinar’ »

This is a serious question – How Often Do You Fail?

If the answer is zero – you have a problem and may not even know it.

If the Fear of Failure is overriding everything you do, then you have a problem.

When a person does not take any risks in life – this person seldom wins anything either. Life is lived in the status quo. This is a risk-less world with no rewards or payback above the cost of living. So what is happening when people are connected to no fail practices? Continue reading ‘How Often Do You Fail?’ »