In this week’s episode, Chief Victory Officer, Eric Guy, interviews Kyle Kunkle, Vice President of Laurel Holdings, a 3rd generation family business.
Listen in as Kyle shares his leadership journey, and why emotional intelligence is crucial to our development as leaders.
Key Takeaways:
- Emotional intelligence is like a muscle. You have to keep using it and strengthening it to benefit yourself and others.
- Taking the Predictive Index assessment can give you the foundation you need in order to deal with different personalities.
- Choose to see potential, even in small communities. The impact you create could last for generations.
- If you want to separate yourself from the crowd, you should do it through your work ethic.
- Keep the small things small. Develop the emotional intelligence to self-regulate and to be steady. Do not overreact to stressful situations.
- The values that shape you become your playbook for how you handle stressful and complex situations.
- In employee engagement and development, make sure that you are focusing on the whole person.
Quotes:
• The greatest gift you can give to someone is believing in them.
• I want to be the hardest working person in the office, and if I’m not the hardest working person, I’m going to make a really good team with the guy who is at work in me.
• Keep the small things small.
• If you want to become a better leader in the office, it’s also about becoming a better leader in your personal life as well.
