EQ & Success for Managers
Articles
Foundational Reading
- Employees who trust their bosses have more energy, less stress, and fewer sick days. Here are 4 ways to establish trust with your workers.
- A People Leader's Guide to Active Listening
- High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It.
- If You Aspire to Be a Great Leader, Be Present
- Good Leadership Is About Communicating "Why"
- How to Spot an Incompetent Leader
- To be a great leader, you need to start by leading yourself
- The Counterintuitive Thing about Trust that Explains Why So Many Teams Have Issues with It
- Self-Awareness Can Help Leaders More Than an MBA Can
- Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Here’s How to Know for Sure
- The process of building trust works in the opposite way that you think it does
- Creating A Culture of Recognition
- The emotionally intelligent way to resolve disagreements faster
- If You Can't Empathize With Your Employees, You'd Better Learn To
- Gratitude: How To Change Negative Beliefs, Be Happy, And Become Successful
- Empathy Quiz - Get your empathy score with feedback and tips on how to increase it
- 11 Habits of Genuinely Likable People
- Brené Brown and Marc Brackett On Emotional Intelligence During A Pandemic
- 5 reasons we need emotionally intelligent leaders in times of crisis
Further Reading
- The secret to making Zoom meetings meaningful for you and your coworkers
- The ultimate guide to becoming a better boss in 30 days, with exercises and advice from the co-creator of Netflix's influential culture deck
- Tapping into the power of humble narcissism
- 10 Things Great Leaders Say That Creates Engaged Teams
- Here's the "superpower" that makes LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner so popular and successful
- How psychological safety actually works
- What makes a great leader, explained in eight counterintuitive charts
- A lesson in compassion: How Airbnb Co-Founder/CEO Brian Chesky let go of 25% of their workforce
- How Smart People Handle Toxic People
- Master the art of influence: persuasion and skill as a habit
- Good Leaders Are Great Storytellers - 6 Tips for Telling Stories that Resonate
Videos & Podcasts
Foundational Topics
- Leadership and Compassion by Daniel Goleman
- How to make stress your friend by Kelly McGonigal
- Why good leaders make you feel safe by Simon Sinek
- The tribes we lead by Seth Godin
- The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (Summary)
- Are you a giver or a taker? by Adam Grant
- The puzzle of motivation by Dan Pink
- Understanding Empathy by Simon Sinek
- Dare to Lead: Interview with Brene Brown
- Breaking down the meaning of presence by Amy Cuddy
- Introduction to the Culture Code by Dan Coyle
- How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek
More Great Stuff
- [Podcast] Adam Grant Work Life: We Don’t Have to Fight Loneliness Alone
- [Podcast] Dr. Marc Brackett and Brené Brown on "Permission to Feel"
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
- Build Your Personal Charisma by Olivia Fox Cabane
- Are you an ideal team player? by Patrick Lencioni
- How to Build Trust by Dr John Gottman
- The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown
- 3 Steps to Accelerate the Speed of Trust
- Creating Psychological Safety at Work in a Knowledge Economy by Amy Edmondson
- Good to Great - Level 5 Leaders
- How to Win Friends and Influence People - Summary
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Summary
- Jordan Peterson: Improving your listening skills
Books
- Primal Leadership, by Daniel Goleman
- Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness (25th Anniversary Edition), by Robert K. Greenleaf
- Start with Why, by Simon Sinek
- Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Steven Covey
- The Five Dysfunctions of A Team, by Patrick Lencioni
- The Charisma Myth, by Olivia Fox Cabane
- Give and Take, by Adam Grant
- Dare to Lead, by Brené Brown
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, by John C. Maxwell
- Trillion Dollar Coach, by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
- Leaders Eat Last, by Simon Sinek
- Together, by Vivek Murthy
- Drive, Daniel Pink
- Presence, by Amy Cuddy
- The Culture Code, Dan Coyle
- Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
- Good to Great, by Jim Collins
- Tribes, by Seth Godin
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
- How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clayton Christensen & James Allworth
More Resources
“Super Connector” Questions for more meaningful conversations
- What are meaningful things you’d want people to know about you?
- What does it look like when you are thriving?
- What are you passionate about? What is important to you?
- What are some of the best projects you’ve worked on?
- What are some of your proudest accomplishments—personally and/or professionally?
- What do you enjoy most about your role (highlights)? What do you enjoy least (lowlights)? What changes would make you happier at work?
- Tell me about the best boss you’ve ever had. The worst?
- What are your career goals? Personal goals?
- What strengths, skills, or experiences do you feel you bring to your role/team?
- What are areas you would like to grow in or skills you’d like to develop?
- How can I help you get to your next job?
- What ideas do you have to improve things or make a difference?
- [For the team] How can we do better as a team?