How To Use Emotional Intelligence In The Workplace

This episode is an interview that my brother, Jonathan, our CMO at Trainual did during our Training With Empathy event earlier this year. He chats with Amy Posey, the Founder & CEO of SUPER MEGA BOSS. She’s also the co-author of Wild Success: Seven key lessons, business leaders can learn from extreme adventures. This talk is a really candid conversation about how you should be vulnerable with your people, how it’s okay to admit mistakes, and just the science behind emotional intelligence as a whole.

Amy is a neuroscience-based leadership development facilitator who helps leaders at all levels using science and performance research in her practical approach to learning and development. SUPER*MEGA*BOSS is a manager training company that creates short videos and in-person sessions to make better bosses.

Topics Covered

• Amy’s background in the adventure world
• Drawing parallels between extreme adventures to daily life
• The dynamics of executive and managerial leadership
• Bringing bits of your authentic, weird self to work
• Hiring a team that doesn’t think the way you do
• Why you should constantly expose yourself to things you’re not used to
• Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable
• The key elements of emotional intelligence
• The concept of metacognition
• Reframing everything as a learning experience
• Emotionally regulating while receiving feedback

Resources

Amy Posey Website

SUPER*MEGA*BOSS Website

Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventurers

Mark Matthews

Find Amy on Twitter

Find Amy on Linkedin

Find SUPER*MEGA*BOSS on Twitter

Find SUPER*MEGA*BOSS on Instagram

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