This is the 1st episode where we welcome an expert guest and I’m very pleased to have recorded an interview with David Cory about ‘How to Use Emotional Intelligence to Become a Better Leader’. 

You may remember in my introduction to our CoachMe Podcast Season 2, I mentioned that, in addition to our amazing Featured CoachMe Coaches, we’ll also have guests this season who are experts and topic enthusiasts on specific areas of personal and professional development that will support your growth journey even more.

David Cory is a leadership development trainer, consultant, and Keynote Speaker known for his expertise in applying the concept of emotional intelligence to individual and organizational performance improvement.

David founded one of the first companies in North America to focus on the development of leadership based on emotional intelligence. The Emotional Intelligence Training Company celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018 and certifies more people to use the EQ-i in North America than any other company.

In the course of his work, David has been an invited guest of the Sultan of Brunei, worked under armed guard in Nigeria, been kicked out of a restricted area in Saudi Arabia, chased by an elephant in Zambia, and sang for royalty in Malaysia. David’s company completed the design of an emotional intelligence skills development course for an entire nation. This was a first in the world. The course is currently being delivered through a train-the-trainer model to the citizens of Botswana.

Amongst many other points, in this podcast we’ll learn:

• What is Emotional Intelligence and EQ.

• What 'good' EI looks like in everyday life.

• Why EI matters and how we can learn to be better at it.

• How to know how 'good' you are at EI and the EQ-i model.

Resources mentioned during the podcast:

• Contact details: David Cory and The Emotional Intelligence Training Company

• Top 10 Skills needed in the workplace for 2020 according to the World Economic Forum

• EQ-i 2.0 model of Emotional Intelligence

• Book: The Marshmallow Test – Mastering Self-Control by Walter Mischel

• Stress performance curve as per the Yerkes-Dodson Law

• The Serenity Prayer

• Book: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.

• Positive Psychology by Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.

• Book: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin E.P. Seligman Ph.D.

• Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

• TED Talk (video) Developing a Growth Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

• Harvard Longevity Study

• Book: The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

• Book: The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success by Steven J. Stein and Howard E. Book

• Emotional Quotient Inventory

• Book: Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David

• Book: Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

• Self-Regard Challenge

• Co-Active Leadership Program

Quote: “The goal is to be a better leader or to be a more effective parent or to be better at whatever it is that you wanna do. EQ can help you do that.”

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