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Phil Holberton

Phil Holberton

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Understanding Emotional Intelligence: Why Is It Crucial for Success?

Man learning to grow his emotional intelligence through self-motivation and resilience

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy is emotional intelligence considered to be such a valuable attribute in the workplace? The answer is simple: If you skip its development, your success could be hindered.

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Key Advice for Leadership Development

Man thinking about his leadership development

Reading Time: 4 minutesLeaders’ essential habits to be effective are ingrained in good leadership practices and leadership development.

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The 3 Leadership Habits You Need to Grow as an Executive

The 3 Leadership Habits You Need to Grow as an Executive

Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery great leader you know has leadership habits that have allowed them to evolve from a good leader, to one that makes an impact on the people and organizations they work lead.

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How to Combat Your Saboteurs and Eliminate Self-Doubt

Man Thinking About How to Combat Your Saboteurs and Eliminate Self-Doubt

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ll be looking at your saboteurs in the final part of this series. The most crucial aspect of Positive Intelligence® is identifying and managing these saboteurs to prevent yourself from falling into the same cycle of negative thinking.

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Using Positive Intelligence to Manage Your Self-Judgement

Manage your self-judgement with positive thinking

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn part 3 of this series, we’ll be covering “the judge,” which we can think of as the voice inside your head that brings up every mistake you’ve ever made, every doubt you’ve ever had, or every shortcoming you’ve ever noticed within yourself.

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The Key to Positive Thinking – Your Sage

Positive thinking - woman with balloon

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is part two of my blog series on Positive Intelligence® and this week we’ll be focusing on your sage.

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Why Positive Intelligence is so Important for Leaders

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Reading Time: 3 minutesPositive Intelligence is one way we can verify the state of our mental fitness. It’s vital for your success as an upcoming or current leader and without a proper guide, improving your positive intelligence can be challenging to say the least.

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Developing Your Leadership Goals – The Road to Success

Developing Your Leadership Goals - The Road to Success

Reading Time: 4 minutesDo you have BIG leadership goals for 2022? If you answered yes, executive coaching may be exactly what you will need to achieve them.

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An Executive Coach Can Help Develop These Five Leadership Skills

Developing Leadership Skills - Adaptive Thinking

Reading Time: 5 minutesMany executives in today’s world think that working with an executive coach to develop their leadership skills is a waste of time or money. However, did you know that top executives in the world like Alan Mullaly, former CEO of Ford, and the Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, both encourage coaching at all levels within their organizations?

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Your Guide to Managing Performance Anxiety and Expectations

Your Guide to Managing Performance Anxiety and Workplace Expectations

Reading Time: 6 minutesTo say this past year has caused all professionals to experience some form of performance anxiety would be an understatement. It’s more likely that we’ve all dealt with not only the feelings that accompany performance anxiety, but also the feelings that we aren’t good enough, we aren’t smart enough or we just simply aren’t enough.

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Set the Tone for a Successful Career

Set the Tone for a Successful Career

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