What does it take to be a leader in today’s complex crisis driven society where traits like diplomacy and safety are key to all our wellbeing at work and at home? Join our special guest, Lt. Don Kester, currently a SWAT Tactical Response Commander after having served as a SWAT Team Operator, Team Leader, and Team Supervisor in one of the largest US border zones, Tucson, Arizona. Lt. Kester has served as a patrol district commander, as the department’s Training Director and is certified as an instructor by the FBI, and a Master Instructor for Taser International. He is a Firearms, Defensive Tactics, and Use of Force Instructor and both teaches and publishes on the subjects of tactical specialties like Rapid Deployment, Hostage Rescue, Incident Command, and Leadership. Learn how SWAT develops leaders for uncertain times in today’s program.

As Vice President of Collaborative Growth James applies his expertise in developing emotional effectiveness to help public and private sector leaders expand the depth of their influence, anticipate change, and respond to it resiliently. James is a thought leader in providing Emotional Intelligence training and tools. He is the coauthor of Emotional Intelligence in Action, The Emotionally Intelligent Team, A Coach’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence. James and Collaborative Growth helps leaders, teams, and senior management measurably increase their effectiveness, using the EI assessments: TESI®, the Bar-On EQi®, and EQ 360®, along with other assessments. James educates coaches on how to develop the insightful interpretation and application of EQ results. He also works as a consultant and contract mediator for federal agencies. Listen to learn how to grow your Team’s EI.

Prior to founding Profit Hunters International, Inc., Tony was a hospitality industry executive with over 35 years of experience having held senior level positions such as President, COO and CEO with both private and public companies with responsibility for Operations, Sales and Marketing, Food and Beverage, Education and Training, Revenue Management and Quality Assurance services for as many as 5,000 hotels in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. As a franchisor and franchisee he was instrumental in creating innovative products such as; MainStay Suites, Classic Sport’s Food Drink & Memories, Choice Picks and Topline Prophet. Profit Hunters International, is a membership organization based on a simple concept: Independent coaches, trainers, consultants and advisors united to promote their services and tools thereby assisting their clients to achieve their goals.

Dr. Daniel Goleman’s Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence is the author’s first comprehensive collection of his key findings on leadership. This often-cited, proven-effective material will help leaders develop stellar management, performance and innovation for themselves and their teams.

Leaders drive engagement, engagement drives productivity and Emotional Intelligence drives leadership. In today’s show Cathy and Relly give some of the latest updates about Emotional Intelligence (EI) research and the new Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0) assessment. They also will take a deeper dive looking at three of the EI leadership competencies for Decision Making and strategies on how to raise and enhance these competencies. Cathy and Relly will discuss the Emotional Intelligence history, ROI research and the EQi 2.0 assessment. The EQi 2.0 is used to help your leaders better assess, predict and to have more leaders perform in the top 10%. Drs. Greenberg and Nadler use the EQi and other leadership tools in their XCEL (Excellence in Coaching for Executive Leaders) program, their landmark executive leadership and coaching programs, where emotional engagement meets performance.

As co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, Dr. Jim Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of business, sport, medicine, and law enforcement including Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, and Army Special Forces. He is the author of several books on mental and physical training for peak performance, including the "Power of Full Engagement" (2003) and “Power of Story”, which we will focus on today. Dr. Loehr’s ground-breaking, science-based energy management training system has achieved world-wide recognition and has been chronicled in leading national publications including the Harvard Business Review, Business Week, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, Success, Fast Company and Omni. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Nightline withTed Koppel, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS Morning News and the OprahWinfrey Show. Dr. Loehr possesses a masters and doctorate in psychology. Come listen and learn about your story.