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Social Intelligence and Leadership

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:58:47 +0000

Daniel Goleman is a nationally known psychologist and author of books on emotional and social intelligence. He argues that good leaders have at least four characteristics to help them cope with the world. Two (self awareness and managing emotions) deal with the emotional intelligence of the individual leader and his or her ability to deal with the world. Two others (humor and rapport) deal with social intelligence or being in sync with others. In this engaging video, Daniel elaborates on “Social Intelligence”.

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About Daniel Goleman:
Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 30 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries.

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Value of B Players

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000

We’ve all heard the stats, the talent pool in organizations can be broadly categorized as top 10% “A Players”, middle 80% “B Players” and the bottom most 10% as “C Players”. Professor Tom DeLong, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, discovered that senior executives spend most of their time with “A Players”, resulting in them spending the least time with the heart and soul of their organization – the “B Players”. He talks about the value and importance of these solid corporate citizens – the “B Players” in your organization.

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About Tom DeLong:
Thomas J. DeLong is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School. Before joining the Harvard Faculty, DeLong was Chief Development Officer and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., where he was responsible for the firm’s human capital and focused on issues of organizational strategy regarding people, organizational change and globalization

DeLong teaches in Harvard’s Leadership Best Practices Program as well as in its Leadership in Professional Service Firms Program. He also chairs the senior leadership program for Novartis and chairs the executive course for educational leaders interested in enhancing teaching through participant centered learning. In addition, he has taught in various executive education programs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Our Cell Phones, Ourselves

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase’s investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. Along the way, he’s made some unexpected discoveries: about the novel ways illiterate people interface with their cellphones, or the role the cellphone can sometimes play in commerce, or the deep emotional bonds we all seem to share with our phones. And watch for his surefire trick to keep you from misplacing your keys.

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About Jan Chipcase:
Jan Chipcase can guess what’s inside your bag and knows all about the secret contents of your refrigerator. It isn’t a second sight or a carnival trick; he knows about the ways we think and act because he’s spent years studying our behavioral patterns. He’s traveled from country to country to learn everything he can about what makes us tick, from our relationship to our phones (hint: it’s deep, and it’s real) to where we stow our keys each night.

Jan’s discoveries and insights help inspire the development of the next generations of phones and services at Nokia. As he puts it, if he does his job right, you should be seeing the results of his research hitting the streets and airwaves within the next 3 to 15 years.