Based on the research done by Daniel Goleman, Robert Cooper and others* on Emotional Intelligence, it now can be asserted that certain competencies are found repeatedly in high performing employees.  These “intangibles” explain why some people excel while others with the same intellectual power fall behind.  Researchers now contend that it is Emotional Intelligence that [...]

I was visiting my friend in NYC the other week and while I was there he gave me back my Good to Great book on CD he had borrowed a couple years before.  There are certain things that really just hit you at the right time, at the right place, in the right mind set.  [...]

This week Lisa Dunbar will be presenting Making Interviews Count: How to Avoid Post-Hire Calamites at the Vermont Financial Aid Conference in Killington, Vermont.  The conference entitled Strength Through Change will be held at The Killington Grand on June 15th and 16th, and is sponsored by the Vermont Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (VASFAA).   
 
“Behavioral interviews are [...]

As we’re watching the horror of the oil explosion unfold in the Gulf of Mexico and its untold effect on wildlife in the wetlands and the Louisiana coastline, it seems like we’ve been here before.  Listening to one of the oil rig operators recently on 60 Minutes describe the errors in decision making, reminded me [...]

- a recap of the 2010 Bright Ideas with Presenter Lisa Dunbar -
 
To round out our month on teaming, I thought I’d share some highlights from my presentation “The Road to Top Notch Teaming” from the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce Bright Ideas Conference.
 
 
 
Choose the right vehicle to get you where you are going. Not unlike choosing what [...]