“Getting Inside the Hearts of Your Next Generation of Leaders”. I recently was invited to speak at the Magnet global conference in Barcelona Spain and this was the title of my presentation. Magnet is a worldwide community of independent agency CEO and Principals. It was quite an honor and …
Mentoring
Misperceptions about Empathy
Knowing what empathy is not is as important as knowing and understanding what it is. I have been working with many of my clients on developing or improving their Emotional Intelligence skills. People are talking about EQ more than ever and that's a good thing. Being smarter with your emotions and …
Being a good leader is not just about you.
“Always remember that leadership is a privilege. When you’re in a leadership role, your influence may affect the trajectories of people’s entire careers (and, often their lives!).” …
Covid insights– what agency people are thinking
Through my business, bloom mentoring, I've had the honor and privilege of doing 1:1 coaching sessions with agency people around the country over the past several weeks. I thought you may find it informative to hear what people at a variety of levels in agencies ranging from small to large in size …
It can be lonely at the top.
Do you over lose sleep over a problem client or a situation at the agency? When this happens, who do you talk to for advice or input? When you’re the one in charge, whether it’s for a team or an entire organization, you may have limited people you can really share or vent those problems with. And …
This thing called EI and why it’s important.
Emotional Intelligence, yes, it’s a “thing” and more importantly, it’s something that good leaders tend to have in spades. Do you have strong EI? How do you find out? A gentleman named Daniel Goleman first brought the term Emotional Intelligence to a wide audience with his 1995 book of …