Here are some glimpses of Workshop on Leadership Quotient - Emotional Intelligence conducted for the leaders of a Mumbai-based large organization.
There were 2 days of two separate batches of leaders, and let me say that the enthusiasm and curiosity of the participants in both batches really made the learnings more powerful.
We covered how Emotional Intelligence affects the leader's ability to build relationships with their team members and their peers, in addition to naming emotions, and what goes on in the brain. The participants also went through a facilitated process on how to create positive emotions at the workplace.
Do connect with me on +919820155778 for conducting leadership workshops for your organizaion.
I just saw this video today, and was struck by the candidness of the speaker Malcolm Gladwell. He talks about what he got wrong in his book, The Tipping Point.
Here are some of my reflections (in no order of importance) on this video:
"This is what happened" - The way the world works is not as certain as it is in one's mind.
An outstanding and thought-provoking line - "This is what I believe happened now".
The ability to admit to yourself that you are or were wrong is critical for your growth.
The ability to admit that you are are or were wrong to a public audience where you are being recorded for the world to see, is priceless.
The willingness to be held accountable for errors in your work, make you an outstanding colleague or leader.
While it's easier to say than do completely, we should do our best
What would the world be like if all influencers, particularly those in positions of power, would willingly admit their errors and work towards rectifying them? Wishful thinking, I know.
Journalists and writers need to be more accountable for the content they put out.
What would make a person (at any level) more accountable?
As a coach, how can we encourage such authenticity in our clients?
What thoughts come up for you as you watched the video? What would you like to add to this list.
I'd love to have your points of view.
If you as a leader or influencer, have been sparring with some of these thoughts and questions for a while, and want to have a Strengths-coach as your sounding board, click this link to set up a pro-bono 30 minute Zoom call at a convenient time.
If the time slots don't work for you, please write to me personally on ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com and we will decide on a mutually convenient time slot.
Who do you consider to be a leader worth admiring? By admire I mean that you are so impressed by them (vision, accomplishments, style, etc) that you celebrate them, become their fan and would like to adopt some of their behaviours into your life.
So... Gandhi? Hitler? Churchill? Your neighbourhood businessman? A preacher / priest? A film actor? A family member? A friend? Well, that's your choice.
Now, consider this Ted Talk by Martin Gutmann (the trigger for this short article) that tries to understand this by asking if, by actually celebrating the wrong leaders, we are thereby creating an aspiration to become what might actually be an ineffective leader? If so, what could be the repercussions (on self / team / organization / society) when we celebrate the only shiny (media / social media) side of leadership?
There's a lot of food for thought in this video. For me, one of the most provoking ideas was about what are the measures by which we tend to judge leaders. Or rather, which measures are most appropriate to evaluate leaders?
This further reminded me of discussions I have had during my corporate days while hiring candidates at any level or promoting employees. Practically everyone at the discussion had a different criterion preference when evaluating the person, and it would frequently take us time to understand the other person's perspective when we didn't understand and disagreed with the evaluation.
Things moved forward only when we shared our perspective on the factors we looked at when evaluating the candidate.
And the two final thoughts that struck me from this video:
Is there a leader authentic enough to be worth admiring, particularly when we look at the current behaviours of some of the world's politicians and business leaders?
How do I leverage my strengths to become a leader authentic enough to be admired?
