Why is this important for leaders?
Differentiating Competencies - Star Performance
Emotionally intelligent leadership delivers results. Research has confirmed a significant performance gap between leaders who display the qualities of emotional intelligence and those who don’t. For success in leadership positions, emotional and social competence accounts for virtually the entire advantage.
Studies of 15 global companies and US Government organizations, reported by best-selling author Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., in Working With Emotional Intelligence and in Harvard Business Review reveal that productivity has been shown to double and even triple with the development of emotional intelligence.
“McClelland (David) found that when senior managers had a critical mass of emotional intelligence capabilities, their divisions outperformed yearly earnings goals by 20%. Division leaders without that critical mass underperformed by almost the same amount.” Daniel Goleman, What Makes A Leader? Harvard Business Review
Leaders influence others in one of two directions: Toward positive actions and behaviors for themselves and the organization’s mission, or, away from actions and behaviors for success. There is no neutral. There is no middle ground. There are differentiating attributes in leaders that consistently result in influencing a positive, high-value direction.
“We found that of all the elements affecting bottom-line performance, the importance of the leader’s mood and its attendant behaviors are most surprising. That powerful pair set off a chain reaction: The leader’s mood and behaviors drive the moods and behaviors of everyone else.”
“Moods that start at the top tend to move the fastest because everyone watches the boss. They take their emotional cues from him (or her). Even when the boss isn’t highly visible - for example, the CEO who works behind closed doors on an upper floor - his attitude affects the moods of his direct reports, and a domino effect ripples throughout the company.” - Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee, Primal Leadership, The Hidden Driver of Great Performance, Harvard Business Review, Dec. 2001
Why Now?
Organizations today are in the grip of continuous change. The new economy has ushered in an era of unprecedented change and transformation. Restructuring, reorganization, re-engineering, increasingly demanding customers, continuous improvement, information overload - uncertainty about the future; we are experiencing the most complex working environment in history. Every day employees face greater pressures and challenges than ever before.
“We’re just beginning to realize how economically valuable emotions are, and it’s clear that they’re largely out of control. Analysts have started to downgrade companies - such as Walmart and the Home Depot - whose cultures, they believe, are eroding, even if their earnings are holding up.” – Marcus Buckingham (author of First Break All the Rules), “Idea Fest,” Fast Company, Jan. 2003.
What’s it costing you?
Ok, we’re not telling you anything new . . . most will say they’ve seen this for themselves in organizations. But perhaps you haven’t considered the latest research on human response to these factors. Research in the field of Neuroscience has revealed that when a person is experiencing stressful emotions such as uncertainty, fear, frustration or anxiety, all neural action (learning, memory, cognition and problem-solving) is adversely affected. Our brains become less efficient in accessing creative or strategic thinking. Emotions can literally create a desynchronization in brain function, affecting performance at all levels.
Sound familiar?
New traits are needed to thrive and succeed. Competencies manifested in star performers are the competencies of emotional intelligence. The emotional competence framework below presents these competencies as applications of “awareness” and “actions” to oneself and to others.
Science has proven that as pressure and stress increase, our capacity to perform (think rationally and intelligently) is compromised. Core competencies can collapse in a heartbeat.
- Perceptions become skewed and emotional reactivity is displayed
- Ineffective (often reactive) decision making increases
- Strategic perspective is lost
- Communication breakdowns occur and teamwork is fractured
- Effective listening is compromised
- Internal and external customer service quality is adversely affected
- Stamina and energy are depleted
- The fuel of optimism and positivity goes dry
- Quality breaks down in a domino effect: loss of focus, lowered productivity, higher inefficiency, low morale, higher turnover and absenteeism, poor customer service, increased costs, lower profits and shareholder value.
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional Intelligence is the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions effectively in ourselves and in others.
It describes the behaviors that sustain people in challenging roles, or as their careers become more demanding, and it captures the qualities that help people deal effectively with change.
Investing in development that differentiates performance
Our programs teach leaders and teams highly-effective approaches and scientifically-validated tools to improve and sustain high performance . . . . and it can be measured.
Sustained Performance Improvement
If the objective of your development initiative is sustained improvement, skill building in emotional intelligence competency is essential to long-term success. Educating your people ‘about’ emotional intelligence is worthwhile; however, providing a skill development program will deliver lasting results. Building these skills requires a larger time investment than, for example, technical training; however, the return on the investment is high and multiplicative.
“Organizations must refocus their training to include the limbic (emotional) system. They must help people break old behavioral habits and establish new ones. That not only takes much more time than conventional training programs, it also requires an individualized approach.”
“It’s important to emphasize that building one’s emotional intelligence cannot - will not - happen without sincere desire and concerted effort. A brief seminar won’t help. It is much harder to learn to empathize than it is to become adept at regression analysis. But it can be done.” -Daniel Goleman, What Makes A Leader? - Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1998
Why this program is successful for organizations
Our method is focused on creating sustainable results through a process that typically results in an 85% transfer of learning as compared with the usual 15 – 20% achieved in most “soft skills” management training. We utilize a comprehensive approach, for a valuable ROI.
First, we work with you to understand your short and long-term objectives
- We want to understand the presenting issues and needs and the desired outcome.
- We want to understand how you want to measure benefits and results.
- We want to understand the existing culture and organizational values as well as any relevant history.
Your organization’s core values and guiding principles will be integrated into the program and materials.
- We want to understand your existing business goals and identify alignment with the program.
- We want to understand your current performance competency model(s) and identify alignment.
We utilize an individualized approach
All comprehensive learning and development programs include:
- One-on-one interviews - Each participant has a confidential, face-to-face meeting with the facilitator. In this session they identify their individual goals and objectives to be addressed in the training, as well as their comments on desired organizational and / or team improvements. Each person then utilizes our Individual Goals & Progress Journal and is guided to identify their specific behavioral goals to be achieved in applying what is learned in the program, along with progress measurements.
- Individualized coaching sessions - Because all participants in a learning program are individuals with their own strengths and challenges, we provide individual coaching to maximize the application of learning to their own, individual performance goals. Coaching by phone and in-person accompanies the workshop sessions to reinforce skill development that is specific to the behavioral goals of each individual.
We focus on tools and practical application -
beyond theory
- Interactive workshop sessions focus on learning tools and techniques that are directly applied to real workplace situations and challenges, and many are also utilized by participants in their personal lives. Experiential and action-learning activities enable integration of the learning for faster transfer to behavior modification.
- Individualized coaching sessions by phone and in-person accompany the workshop sessions to reinforce skill development.
We apply pre and post measurements
Pre and post assessments for the individuals, team,
or organization are selected to measure:
- Emotional intelligence competencies
- Productivity, ability to focus
- Job satisfaction, intent to leave
- Social attitudes, relationships at work
- Goal clarity
- Communication effectiveness
- Confidence in the organization; outlook
- Perceptions of management
- The working climate; self-expression
- Team effectiveness
- Role clarity
- Organizational coherence
- Stress symptoms
- Psychological well-being
Pre-program participant survey questionnaire –
A survey questionnaire specifically designed for your organization and/or team is distributed to each participant and other key individuals to gather confidential input. The collective responses are studied by the facilitator and the training format is structured to focus on key issues. Based on indicators in the survey, we provide additional recommendations to your organization.
Post training participant survey questionnaire –
Approximately 45 days post program, each participant completes a post-program questionnaire consisting of several of the questions asked on the pre-program questionnaire, along with questions about how the tools learned are impacting their day-to-day performance effectiveness. We provide a pre/post comparative and program summary report to your organization.
Emotional Intelligence Development Programs
Features and Program Formats
Overview Presentation – Interactive
Length: 1.5 – 2.5 hours. Awareness programs: Educates and informs, introduces concepts, stimulates thought, raises awareness.
Overview Presentation – Interactive
Length: 1.5 – 2.5 hours. Awareness programs: Educates and informs, introduces concepts, stimulates thought, raises awareness.
Introductory Workshop – Interactive
Length: half-day. Introduces concepts and tool(s) for current application during workshop. Educates and informs; raises awareness.
Level One - first-level skill-building workshops
Length: One to two days consecutive or within two weeks. Alternatively 1 full day + 2 half-days.
Learn and practice 1 – 4 tools toward Step One behavior modification.
Level Two - skill-building programs with 1 to 2 phone-coaching sessions.
Length: 3 days, distributed over 4 – 6 weeks.
Learn, practice and apply 4 – 5 tools for building resiliency and behavioral impact in foundational EI competencies of Self-awareness and Self-Management.
Level Three - skill / competency building program with individualized goal setting and 3 phone-coaching sessions and 2 in-person coaching sessions. Length: 4.5 days distributed over 6 months.
Learn, practice and apply 6 – 7 tools for measurable behavioral impact in foundational and intermediate level skill levels.
Optional components: half-day follow-up reinforcement session, 360 emotional and social intelligence assessment, feedback report and in-person feedback review session; emWave PC biofeedback emotional management software or handheld unit.
Level Four - skill / competency building and integration program with individualized goal setting and coaching consisting of 4 phone coaching and 4 in-person coaching sessions.
Length: 5.5 days distributed over 8 – 9 months.
Learn, practice and apply 8 - 9 tools for measurable behavioral impact in foundational and higher-level level emotional intelligence competencies, including relationship management competencies.
Includes 360 emotional and social intelligence assessment, feedback report and in-person feedback review session.
Optional: emWave PC biofeedback emotional management software or handheld unit.
or handheld unit.
Level Five (Leadership) - skill/competency building and integration program with individualized goal setting and coaching consisting of 5 or more phone coaching and 5 or more in-person coaching sessions.
Length: 6.5 days distributed over 10 – 12 months. It is common for clients to request that the individualized coaching process to continue through 16 – 18 months.
Learn, practice and apply 10 – 12 tools for measurable behavioral impact in foundational and advanced level emotional intelligence competencies and increased leadership effectiveness.
Includes 360 emotional and social intelligence assessment, feedback report and in-person feedback review session; leadership style assessment; emWave PC biofeedback emotional management software or handheld unit.
Level Five T (for intact, cross-functional and executive teams) - same as Level Five above with specific focus on establishing higher levels of team coherence. Includes experiential and action learning activities. Team EI and team effectiveness attributes are measured and tools for improvement are practiced by the team using real, current business issues.
Building an Emotionally Intelligent Organization or Team
- Informing or skill building: Where should you begin?
Informing and Introducing
- Raises awareness
- Individual ownership begins
- Stimulates desire for more
- Good first step
Does not result in significant, if any,
behavior change or measurable
performance improvement
Skill Building
Assessment
- Individual development plan
- Individual goal setting
- Training in “how to”, practical tools applied to current experiences along with experiential practice
- Individualized coaching
- Feedback from others
- Continued training and coaching in “how to”
- Assessment to measure improvement
Example: feedback collected 45 days after Level 4 program
n=55; CEO, Executive Team, Sr. Leadership Team, Directors, Team Leaders; 45 days post-program.
Assessments
We utilize 360° emotional intelligence and social intelligence assessments tools which provide precise and focused feedback about individual strengths and specific competencies where development is needed. Development guidelines for 12 competencies are provided to indicate where focus is needed for behavior change to enhance one’s emotional intelligence and overall performance. Feedback from the assessments provide data on the behaviors that matter and is applicable to any leadership or professional role.
Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI)
Emotional Competency Inventory (ECI)
Workforce Audit
Coaching
Professional coaching in the development of emotional and social competencies will assist leaders and those identified as high potentials to strengthen and develop core competencies that measurably enhance the performance and expand the organization’s capacity for growth.
As part of our skill-building learning programs for organizations: Coaching is a fundamental element of the learning process in our Level 2, 3, 4 and 5 programs. Participants meet individually with the facilitator in person and have telephone coaching sessions are scheduled intervals that support the workshop learning sessions.
Individual coaching for development of emotional and social competencies is available to leaders, key contributors and professionals seeking to learn how to become more effective in their self-leadership and relationships with others.
