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    Elevate Your Influence Through Mastering This Skill

    posted by Darren Mitchell February 10, 2022 0 comments
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    In working with Leaders and their teams, it is fascinating to observe the number of people who see themselves as being highly emotionally intelligent, and yet their behaviour indicates there are significant gaps. In today’s episode, I discuss the 4 categories of Emotional Intelligence, based on the work of Daniel Goleman, and then delve into the one skillset that I believe will elevate your influence more than anything else. It may sound easy, but it is certainly not easy to do for many people.

    Elevate Your Influence Through Mastering This Skill was last modified: February 10th, 2022 by Darren Mitchell
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    Trying To Boil The Ocean Won’t Change The Temperature

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    In speaking with a number of clients over the last few days, it has become evident that some of them are trying to implement too much, too quickly. The weight…

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    Progress Over Perfection

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    My very first Sales Manager, Gordon Smith, used this phrase all the time – ‘Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle’. In other words, he would have us focus on the…

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