Yesterday, I spent some time with my two young sons teaching them how best to clean their rooms, do laundry, organize, etc. It was such a fun experience and I will say that they rocked it and were so engaged with wanting to learn how to care for their own space.

As my mind works though, I started seeing analogies between the different elements of cleaning and how we can be more productive and focused in our lives through the act of habit/situation cleaning.

This morning, I blocked a priority event on my calendar that was absolutely non-negotiable, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long, long time.

Brainstorming? Nope.

Team meeting? Nuh-uh.

Content creation? No (but that IS coming soon, stay tuned).

I attended Track & Field Day at my sons’ elementary school.

I literally paused before starting to type again because I thoroughly found so much joy in watching them, and their classmates, let loose on an absolutely perfect day. Then it struck me how often we as adults forget to just have fun with whatever we’re doing. Whether it’s work related, life related, or just personal time, we seem to have overloaded schedules of “stuff” and “meetings” that tend to pull our energy and drain us by the end of the day.

Many of the issues that leaders are facing nowadays come down to engagement and communication. Often deemed a “soft skill” (don’t get me started on that) emotional intelligence (EQ) is a critical skill to bridge the gaps that companies are seeing between their “leadership” and employee engagement.

So why is emotional intelligence so important in leadership?

Emotional intelligence accounts for 58% of your performance as a leader and almost 90% of all top performers have a high emotional intelligence.

In this newsletter, I will share the most impactful benefits of emotional intelligence for leaders and ways that you can increase your emotional intelligence in a few simple (and fun) minutes a day.

While disruption to your comfort may seem unappealing, there are numerous benefits to trying something new that you may be overlooking. These benefits can improve you both personally and professionally, so in this newsletter, I'll share both sides of the blessing of changing things up.

In a world filled with professional competition and personal goal-setting, we are constantly a work in progress trying to get better.

So how do we not only achieve success, but separate ourselves from the competition?

Become unstoppable.

In this new blog post, I share insights from my recent keynote for over 300 top performers from a top 20 bank.

I hope you enjoy and are motivated by the foundational elements in this piece.