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 12-06-2008 (0 MB)

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Duration: 7:27


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 12-09-2007 (25.1 MB)

Alan Deutschman on Change or Die

"Common wisdom" in business is that when it's time to metaphorically "change or die," the organization will transform. Yet when cardiac patients are told, "change or die," only 1 in 10 actually change. This lead Alan Deutschman to wonder if people and businesses really can change -- and if so, how?

The good news: change is possible. But it takes an approach that's radically different from the way most leaders go about pushing change. Rather than facts, force, and fear, leaders who use emotional intelligence learn to engage their people through relationships and hope.

Also see Joshua Freedman's article: A Hope for Change: Alan Deutschman on Change or Die

Duration: 27:25


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 26-01-2007 (22.52 MB)

Intrinsic Motivation and Emotional Intelligence

We want our children and employees to be "self-starters" who show initiative and integrity, yet we're constantly cutting their feet from under them. And we do the same to ourselves.

People who require external reinforcement to be motivated are always at the mercy of others’ approval or reward system, struggling to please and bending over backward to avoid pain. Engaging Intrinsic Motivation means developing and utilizing lasting inner drivers that provide the "rocket fuel" required for change and growth.

But our society is beseiged by forces of extrinsic motivation -- from the TV room to the classroom to the board room, we're innundated with messages that the best decisions will be those that bring us approval, status, and material benefit. In the force of this pressure, how do we tap into the inner knowing that lets us do what's right even when it's unpopular?

Joshua Freedman, Director of Programs for Six Seconds EQ Network and Director of the Institute for Organizational Performance, discusses the challenge of developing intrinsic motivation for ourselves, our employees, our students, and our children.

Duration: 24:36


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