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Elaine Morris

Individual & Organizational Development

Elaine works with clients to achieve individual and organizational transformations that yield improved business results.

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Speaking Topics: - The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence - Leadership That Gets Results - The Art of the Coaching Style

The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence
The mystery of what leaders can and should do to spark the best organizational performance is age old. It has been more than a decade since research first linked aspects of emotional intelligence to business results. The late David McClelland, a noted Harvard University psychologist, found that leaders with strengths in a critical mass of six or more emotional intelligence competencies were far more effective than peers who lacked such strengths. Key points include:
- A Definition of Emotional Intelligence
- Key Characteristics of Emotional Intelligence
- Studies linking EI to Individual Performance and Organizational Effectiveness
Leadership That Gets Results
Organizational climate is the perception of how it feels to work in a particular environment. Hundreds of studies have demonstrated the link between organizational climate and key performance measures such as sales growth, efficiency, productivity, and customer perceptions of service quality. This presentation will focus on:
- Leadership styles and EI qualities that affect results
- Dimensions of organization climate
- Creating an organizational climate that is energizing and productive
The Art of the Coaching Style
Decades of research on effective leadership behaviors show that certain Leadership Styles have a significant impact on employee performance. Of the six styles cited in Daniel Goleman's Primal Leadership, the coaching style is used least often, according to well-documented research. In these high-pressure times, leaders often say they do not have the time. The fact is many managers are unfamiliar with the importance of coaching or simply inept at it, particularly when it comes to giving on-going performance feedback that motivates rather than creates fear or apathy. Key points include:
- What Makes a Coach
- Emotional Intelligence Required for Coaching
- Three Core Competencies for Developing Your People

What Others Have to Say about Elaine Morris...

"Elaine, through your efforts and coaching, our team has developed tremendously. This growth has resulted in enhanced opportunities and increasing job satisfaction. These improvement has also had a significant impact on the "bottom-line."

Merit Texas Properties

"Elaine, I would like to thank you for the coaching services you have provide for the past seven years at JPI. You have energized our people, provided sensitive feedback, challenged and confronted when necessary and have helped our people grow tremendously."

JPI Operations

"Ms. Weeman's tools for dealing with challenging interpersonal professional relationships are "real world" and not just based on theory. Through the coaching program, I gained self-confidence and an awareness of other people in a corporate setting that has allowed me to succeed not only during the time I worked with Elaine, but has carried through for years into my professional career."

M/PF Research, Inc.