Posts in Emotional Intelligence
What is Strategic Foresight?

I often hear the comment of “businesses need certainty”, unfortunately, in our VUCA World you are unlikely to gain as much clarity and certainty as you desire. Therefore, how good are you at making decisions with limited clarity? Resilient Leaders are good at this.

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The Importance of Optimism

Optimism is a key Leadership trait for now and the future. It enables and encourages confidence, decision-making, innovation and empathy to name a few!

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How to Become Optimistic

There are a multitude of ways you can learn how to be more Optimistic. Please do remember, however, that it must start with Reality!

Surrounding yourself with optimistic role models is a great way to improve.

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The Benefits of Curiosity and Openness

I've outlined 18 different benefits of Openness and Curiosity in this article, from reduced boredom, increased empathy and adaptability to improved risk taking.

How many more can you add?

Which of the benefits will push you to be more open and curious?

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How to Develop Curiosity and Openness

How often to you write things down? How often do you engage in a conversation to come out on top and be right? How well do you really listen? These are just some of the considerations when developing Curiosity and Openness.

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What is Curiosity and Openness?

I define Resilience as "Sprining Forward with Learning" and learning requires openness and curiosity. Openness is one of the Big 5 Personality Traits too.

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What are the Benefits of Resilient Decision-Making?

Just some of the benefits of resilient decision-making are improvements to employee engagement and morale; better adaptability and increased confidence across the organisation. How many more can you think of?

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The Importance of Resilient Decision-Making

Resilient Decision-Making enables adaptability and agility and provides the little clarity we can in an uncertain world.

Centralised decision-making can foster a “sluggish” organisation. Devolved decision making to the front line enables agility, however, it requires senior leadership to trust their people. How trusted do you feel to make decisions?

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