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Differentiating Yourself: How to Use Emotional Intelligence in Sales

Brooks Group

These are both good strategies, but the true differentiator is the sales professional and their emotional intelligence. Successful sales professionals differentiate themselves three ways: They are highly emotionally intelligent. We arranged to meet at the store. They’re empathetic and highly emotionally intelligent.

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New Leadership Development Programme from the Managing Partners’ Forum – Consensus through Collaboration

Red Star Kim

I’m excited to announce that the Managing Partners’ Forum has just launched a series of six modules for an innovative leadership development programme for firm-wide leaders of small and medium sized professional services firms. Why is the Managing Partners’ Forum Leadership Development programme different?

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Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective

Red Star Kim

This article “Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective” has just been published on Lexology. Its four categories were cognitive, digital, self-leadership and interpersonal. The shift to remote working during lockdown drove the need to develop several new soft skills.

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Private client management and marketing: Business plans, recruitment, assessments and automation (Nov 2023)

Red Star Kim

It was good to meet the private client lawyers – some recently promoted to head of department – for a workshop on “ Managing and growing your private client practice” earlier this month. An important assessment that I use a lot is for Emotional Intelligence (EQ). And 90% didn’t have a marketing plan for private client.

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Sales Leadership: Qualities Of A Sales Leader

Brooks Group

Sales Leadership: Qualities Of A Sales Leader To be an effective leader, you need to make appropriate strategic decisions that fit within your organization’s vision and goals. Sales Intuition Being able to offer tactical sales counsel and give value during client meetings is a major differentiator of excellent sales leaders.

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Where Mental Health and Leadership Meet

EcSell Institute

Photo by Hattie Kingsley Photography. Uncertainty has been running rampant for quite some time, and leaders have likely watched their team members struggle with anxiety, burnout, depression and much more. There's no doubt that today's events are taking a toll on our mental health.

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Inner Development Goals for a Better Leadership World

MDI Training

Inner Development Goals for a better leadership world Many companies invest in training and programs to prepare their leaders for the challenges of business. But what exactly are IDGs and why should they matter in leadership development? Organizations align their leadership development efforts with organizational goals and strategy.