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

1. What are meaningful things you’d want people to know about you?
2. What does it look like when you are thriving?
3. What are you passionate about? What is important to you?
4. What are some of the best projects you’ve worked on?
5. What are some of your proudest accomplishments—personally and/or professionally?
6. What do you enjoy most about your role (highlights)? What do you enjoy least (lowlights)? What changes would make you happier at work?
7. Tell me about the best boss you’ve ever had. The worst?
8. What are your career goals? Personal goals?
9. What strengths, skills, or experiences do you feel you bring to your role/team?
10. What are areas you would like to grow in or skills you’d like to develop?
11. How can I help you get to your next job?
12. What ideas do you have to improve things or make a difference?
13. [For the team] How can we do better as a team?