It's Not You, It's Your Personality: Understanding EI and Personalities at Work

• January 15, 2018

I always enjoy when I get to interview successful leaders on my C-Suite radio show.  However, it was a nice change to be on the other end of the interview for a change.  I was recently showcased on The Leadership Coaching Group’s show with Liz Roney.  We discussed emotional intelligence based on my research for my book It’s Not You, It’s Your Personality.

To listen to the interview, you can go to: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I4z2wcanddij3spem5crsgabdfu and click the play button on the top right.

The following are highlights of what he discussed in our interview:

• What is emotional intelligence
• Why emotional intelligence is important
• The value of self-assessment
• Emotional intelligence, DiSC, and Myers-Briggs MBTI
• Can EQ be developed
• The importance of communication
• Kissing up and kicking down
• The importance of corporate culture
• The importance of engagement
• Surviving in a toxic environment
• Ways to improve engagement
• Advice for younger or mid-level leaders
• Self-assessing EQ
• Taking the EQ-i
• Daniel Goleman’s work
• Generational myths
• EI skills that helped professionally
• Our concern for impact or how we come across to others
• Representing the organization
• It’s Not You, It’s Your Personality book