Keep Believing - a podcast by Eric Guy

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.

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