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Lyn is an author, speaker and leadership coach. Her focus is Affective Leadership™ — expanding possibilities though effective use of mind, body, emotion and language. Her most recent book is Connect: Affective Leadership for Effective Results. In a previous life she was a school and district administrator. Connect with her on LynBoyer.net, her member profile, or Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.

4 Steps to Building an Emotionally Intelligent Culture

By Lyn Boyer in February 28th 2012 5 Comments »
Filed Under Leadership Development, Workplace Issues Tags: Coaching, emotional intelligence, Emotions, Leadership Development, Planning

In an article last week, I discussed Five Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence (EI) Workshops Fail. In that article, I described research on efforts to enhance Emotional Intelligence in the workplace and why it is often unsuccessful. I appreciated the wide-ranging comments, which added new perspectives and new dimensions to this topic. In my article this » Read More

5 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Workshops Fail

By Lyn Boyer in February 16th 2012 16 Comments »
Filed Under Leadership Development, Workplace Issues Tags: Culture, emotional intelligence, Human Resources, Leadership Development

In the 1990’s, Daniel Goleman and other authors introduced and popularized the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Goleman, in particular, suggested that EI includes self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002). Researchers studied and successfully promoted the notion that EI is critical to personal and professional success. For example, Goleman cited » Read More