The leaders of people have one of four names: Procustes, Napoleon, Sam, or Solon. Procustes believes, and his people must live behind the bars of his faith. Napoleon gambles — and win or lose – his people pay. Uncle Sam sits in a manor that resembles a store, And counts pennies, hoping for more and…
Category: Emotional Intelligence
The Psychology of “What If” – ‘Well done Zoltan!’, I told myself!
Going back in time, or “counter-factual” thinking, can have mixed outcomes. “Sometimes when we look back, we think about how things could have been better: If only I had gotten that part in that play when I was in high school… then I would have gotten into that great theater program at the Ivy League…
What I learned comparing my highest FLIGBY skills vs my signature strengths
This article is from our guest author: Pilar Reyes Recently a friend of mine (Ale Leon) introduced me to FLIGBY; she said it was a game about leadership and flow, created by Prof. Csikszentmihalyi and ALEAS Simulations Inc. Last year I studied a Masters in Positive Leadership, based on Positive Psychology that is the scientific study of…
EQ as a Leadership Skill
“Which are the Critical Leadership Skills in your opinion, Professor Buzády?” – How often do I hear this question by management students, highly successful executives and my management coaching clients. Well, the answer I give is always the same: for sustainable success, you must develop and then constantly enhance your People Skills. By this, I…
Making the right decision
Active listening is more than just hearing
You know the feeling when you say something to your spouse/partner/relative and they nod as if they registered your request/question/words, but when you ask back they answer you with the following question: What were you saying exactly? At home, you may be indulgent, but at a workplace, such behavior is simply not acceptable. “The art…
What to avoid if you want to motivate your employees?
Emotions: do they help you to “flow” or drag you down?
Have you ever experienced that simply just knowing every bit of your job is not enough to excel at your workplace? What else might be needed beside deep knowledge and high intelligence to experience that rewarding state of mind that described as Flow? Have you ever met people who you admired for their expertise but…