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If you're in search of some inspiration for the New Year, I've found that David Lancefield's newsletter really is a must-read. Every two weeks "Flashes+Sparks" offers cutting-edge insights on strategy and leadership, with interviews with top management thinkers and entrepreneurs, helpful tools and links, recommended reading and more besides. The latest edition just came out. You can sign up here: https://buff.ly/3hGeTFh... #strategy #leadership #resilience #management #executivecoach #emotionalintelligence #organizationaltransformation #EQ #WorkplaceEQ #executivesearch #recruiting #newsletter #inspiration #creativity #innovation

With 2020 behind us, how do you intend to make good trouble in 2021? My good trouble is: Supporting the C-suite and middle-management to evolve their organizations to the standards employees seek from their employers. It supports alignment with values for your talent acquisition, retention and product/organizational growth strategies. ... Let me know your good trouble in the comments! #GoodTrouble #HappyNewYear #Leadership #TalentAcquisition #TalentRetention #ExecutiveCoach #ExecutiveSearch #Growth #EQ #WorkplaceEQ #EmotionalIntelligence #HRTraining #Recruiting #Creativity #Innovation #Optimism #ElephantsBeforeUnicorns

Happy New Year to you! Wishing you a joyful, inspiring and productive 2021 in which we can all move forward. #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2021 #Hope #Joy #GoodTrouble #Optimism #Leadership #Creativity #Future #Innovation

Wishing you all happiness, joy and good health this holiday. See you in 2021! #HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings

Does everyone in your organization feel safe and included? Are employees from diverse backgrounds free to do their work without being marginalized? Do you constantly work to broaden your hiring pool? Here are some suggestions from me on how leaders can work to make their organizations become truly inclusive. A free extract from my book Elephants Before Unicorns, published in Entrepreneur Magazine. #DiversityEquityAndInclusion #DEI #EmotionalIntelligence #diversity #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #leadership #EI #growthmindset #unconsciousbias #recruitertips #HRtraining #executivecoach #ElephantsBeforeUnicorns #workplaceEQ

To me, this post by Ludmila Praslova is genius. Work 2.0 was about scrambling for survival. Work 3.0 is about creating a better, more emotionally intelligent organization for our new era. Looking forward to her next articles on better post-pandemic work!... #mentalhealth #burnout #creativity #management #leadership #emotionalintelligence #productivity #business #futureofwork #innovation #workplaceEQ #EQ #consciousbusiness #consciousleadership #iobpsychology #HR #HRtraining #recruitertraining #executivecoach #executivesearch #organizationalculture #organizationalpsychology #talentacquisition #talentdevelopment

What do we need from media in our new world, and how should news organizations evolve to serve people better? Plenty of great insights from my "Get Stoked: Lead Forward" guests Kirstine Stewart, Head of the Future of Media at the World Economic Forum, and Dr Alfred Hermida, director and professor at the UBC School of Journalism, Writing and Media. Watch my full interview with Kirstine Stewart here: https://buff.ly/2Ski4Xp... And find my conversation with Alfred Hermida here: https://buff.ly/2GmcFMs #GetStokedLeadForward #CarolineStokes #ElephantsBeforeUnicorns #EmotionalIntelligence #EQ #EI #WorkplaceEQ #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Innovation #Creativity #Future #Disruption #Journalism #Information #FutureofNews #Media #Transparency #WorldEconomicForum #WEF #Media #KirstineStewart #AlfredHermida

I wrote this article for Brookings at the outset of the pandemic. Several months in, it's as important as ever to create and maintain a level of respect and calm for yourself and others. Here are my tips on how to develop our emotional intelligence skills for the workplace. #COVID19 #coronavirus #leadership #emotionalintelligence #EI #EQ #empathy #optimism #flexibility #innovation #EQ #WorkplaceEQ #LeadershipDevelopment

Great to see these hiring tips and best practices in the face of COVID from Microsoft's VP of Global Talent Acquisition, Lauren Gardner. #Hiring #Recruiting #TalentAcquisition #RecruiterTraining #HRtraining #Leadership #ExecutiveCoach #WorkplaceEQ #VirtualInterview #InterviewTips #Diversity #VirtualRecruiting #TalentOnTap

COVID-19 has changed so much of our world, and caused painful times for many, but it's also given us an opportunity to reinvent ourselves and how we work. On Season 1 of "Get Stoked: Lead Forward", my guests Nadia Gil and Jason Feifer shared valuable insights about how individuals and organizations can get action oriented and make a difference in our new era. Watch Nadia Gil, Global Solutions Advisor at Google, here: https://buff.ly/3mQPsTD... And here's my conversation with Jason Feifer, editor in chief of Entrepreneur Magazine: https://buff.ly/35YDHVa #GetStokedLeadForward #CarolineStokes #NadiaGil #JasonFeifer #ElephantsBeforeUnicorns #EmotionalIntelligence #EQ #WorkplaceEQ #Empathy #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Innovation #Disruption #Change #Optimism #Strategy #MachineLearning #Google #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Got any plans for the day after the US election? I'll be joining Mikaela Kiner and Jennie Ellis to talk about emotionally intelligent HR strategies and hope. Tomorrow, November 4th, at 4.30pm PT. If you're a member of the Seattle HR Collective you can sign up at the link. ... #emotionalintelligence #EI #EQ #workplaceEQ #hope #HRtraining #leadership #executivecoach #executivesearch #ElephantsBeforeUnicorns #recruitertraining #recruiting #meetup #virtualevent #business #womeninbusiness #hrinnovation #hrinsights #SeattleHRCollective

Two of my #GetStokedLeadForward guests agreed: Organizations face an important opportunity to bring a diverse set of people into the workplace and expand their talent base. Ludmila Praslova, Professor of Graduate Organizational Psychology and Director of Research at Vanguard University of Southern California, said organizations need to switch from a compliance mindset on diversity to one of collective thriving and common benefit. It's "an opportunity to bring in an incredibl...e range of talent that otherwise we wouldn't have", she said. https://buff.ly/325m9Ek Christina Ryan, CEO of the Disability Leadership Institute, said our new WFH reality was creating opportunities for people with disabilities. "If people can work from wherever they are, then we're not constrained by those people who are physically capable of coming to an office for eight hours a day five days a week with travel on either end. We can actually be using all sorts of people in all sort of locations to be working as they work." https://buff.ly/3i4oHay Hear more from these thoughtleaders at the links. #EmotionalIntelligence #EQ #WorkplaceEQ #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Disruption #Diversity #Neurodiversity #Neurominorities #AI #Disability #Diversity #DiversityandInclusion