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Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, clearly among the greatest leaders of our time, had different childhoods, different experiences, different struggles, and different goals. Yet both had a transformational impact upon those around them. What sets these two men apart as leaders? Transformational leadership. Unlike the traditional, dogmatic transactional leader or the hands-off…

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7 Core Beliefs Of Great Bosses

Leave a Comment / Beliefs & Values, Change Management, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

Great bosses change us for the better. They see more in us than we see in ourselves, and they help us learn to see it too. They dream big and show us all the great things we can accomplish.

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Are You An Adaptive Leader?

Leave a Comment / Change Management, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoon’s history begins with Dilbert’s boss relaying senior leadership’s explanation for the company’s low profits. In response to his boss, Dilbert asks incredulously, “So they’re saying that profits went up because of great leadership and down because of a weak economy?” To which Dilbert’s boss…

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12 Habits of Exceptional Leaders

Leave a Comment / Human-Centric Approach, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoon’s history begins with Dilbert’s boss relaying senior leadership’s explanation for the company’s low profits.

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10 Habits of Ultra-Likable Leaders

Leave a Comment / Active Listening, Employee Engagement, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likeable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of

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9 Habits of Profoundly Influential People

Leave a Comment / Change Management, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership, Productivity & Performance / Travis Bradberry

Influential people have a profound impact on everyone they encounter. Yet, they achieve this only because they exert so much influence inside, on themselves.

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9 Things That Make Good Employees Quit

Leave a Comment / Corporate Culture, Empathy & Trust, Employee Hiring & Retention, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

It’s pretty incredible how often you hear managers complaining about their best employees leaving, and they really do have something to complain about—few things are as costly and disruptive as good people walking out the door. Managers tend to blame their turnover problems on everything under the sun, while ignoring the crux of the matter:…

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7 Things That Make Great Bosses Unforgettable

Leave a Comment / Active Listening, Empathy & Trust, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership, Resilience, Team Collaboration / Travis Bradberry

Some bosses are harder to forget than others. While bosses can be unforgettable because they make life miserable, the most memorable bosses stick with us because they change us for the better.

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6 Things Great Leaders Do Differently

Leave a Comment / Human-Centric Approach, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you’re working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.

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10 Ways To Spot A Truly Exceptional Employee

Leave a Comment / Change Management, Emotional Conversations, Human-Centric Approach, Leadership, Resilience / Travis Bradberry

A recent international study surveyed more than 500 business leaders and asked them what sets great employees apart. The researchers wanted to know why some people are more successful than others at work, and the answers were surprising; leaders chose “personality” as the leading reason. Notably, 78% of leaders said personality sets great employees apart,…

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