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Featured Guest: Cindy Wigglesworth

Cindy talks about her foundational view on different intelligences, spirituality, and the spiritual intelligence framework. She provides great insight into how multiple intelligences impact overall development and how they link to leadership. She will then talk about the transition from emotional intelligence to spiritual intelligence (SQ).

I selected Cindy as a guest because I respect her as a thought leader, find her interviews interesting, and I like her SQ21 tool that brings spirituality and leadership together using a practical and quantifiable framework.

She discusses the following: 1. What are multiple intelligences, and how do they develop? 2. What is the connection between EQ and SQ – how the SQ model leverages the 21 competencies 3. Explain more about SQ and the SQ21 assessment. 4. How does SQ relate to leadership effectiveness (why should I care as a leader)? 5. How do you use the assessment to help leaders understand their strengths and how to develop?

Guest: Paul Gibbons

Paul talks about his new book, The Science of Organizational Chance focused on large scale change and also to the concepts of agility and anti-fragile. These are foundational concepts for leaders looking to build organizations that are able to respond quickly to predicted and unpredicted change.
He will answer the following questions:
1. Why did you write The Science of Organizational Change?
2. What are the 3 biggest ideas from the book that readers should pay close attention to?
3. You talk about evidence-based management in the book – what do you mean by that?
4. Why is anti-fragility an important concept for understanding complex systems?

Guest: Jim Vaive

Emotional Intelligence is a key differentiator in organizational life – it is a major accelerator for smart people who want to improve their impact and for organizations to improve their success. Jim discusses his experience at CEO of Varment Guard and how building that business connected him to Emotional Intelligence. He will discuss: 1. His personal story and insights on how emotional intelligence (EI) impacted his business success 2. What is Emotional Intelligence (EI) 3. As a leader what is the value you get from building EI? 4. How would you go about building EI? 5. How do you work with leaders?

Guest: James Brenza

During this session we discuss key elements of successful initiatives. James talks about the key goals being: 1. increase revenue 2. decrease direct cost 3. decrease indirect cost We also talk about the leadership activities required to deliver these results. James draws from his extensive work experience to make this discussion very practical for executives shaping initiatives and leaders implementing them.

Guest: James Brenza

Business Analytics is a hot topic for many organizations. Analytics programs can be a significant differentiator for organizational success when implemented successfully When done poorly they waste money, time and good will. James Brenza talks about: 1. Which is more important – technology or leadership? 2. How much does leadership capability impact outcomes? 3. What are “leadership maturity levels” and how do they impact implementation success? 4. How do you use your understanding of leadership maturity to increase your program success and ROI? 5. What are the most important leadership traits to successfully implement analytics programs and why? 6. What are some warning signs you look for when leading an implementation? 7. What resources do you recommend to support implementation success?