by Joanie Connell | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog, Coaching and Mentoring, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Managing Change
Will people think I don’t know what I’m doing if they know I have a coach? Why would a CEO need a coach? Does it look bad to have a coach? It used to be perceived that having a coach meant you had something wrong with you or that you were being punished by...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Technical Leaders
What’s negative one squared (-12)? If you learned math in school before 2009, you probably said “1.” If you learned math once the Common Core was implemented, you would say the answer is “-1.” A friend of mine spent an entire 4-day weekend visit with...
by Joanie Connell | Mar 16, 2018 | Emotional Intelligence, Life Change, Podcast, Resilient
Sean Douglas interviews Joanie about career change, leadership development, resilience, emotional intelligence, and how to transform your life. Great stories, humor, and inspirational messages. Listen here.
by Joanie Connell | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Parenting for the Workplace
An eighth grade girl had a concussion and dropped her books at school. An eighth grade boy walked by her and laughed at her in front of his friends. Did any of them stop to help her? No. As parents, we’re mortified to know our sons and daughters are...
by Joanie Connell | Aug 30, 2016 | Assessment, Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Listening, REAL Life Skills
Recent events have increased my curiosity about sociopaths—terrorists, mass shootings, politicians, The Big Short, and non-criminal business people who use others to get what they want. I’d like to share what I’ve found.* Who’s a sociopath? Sociopaths (or...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Managing Change, Resilient
Over the years, we have developed deeply ingrained habits of how we react to things. These habits are often formed in childhood and may not be useful to us as adults. The following diagram shows how a habit plays out. We react to a trigger in the environment (or...
