It's Business ~ It's Personal ~ It's You! With Sharon Lewis

Emotional Intelligence is a key competency for leadership achievement. After decades of research demonstrating how important it is and much work devoted to teaching and learning Emotional Intelligence it's value is now recognized. I've been part of that work for well over a decade and now I'm asking What Else is Possible Beyond Emotional Intelligence? And my inquiry is turning up surprising results! What if Emotions, no matter how smart you are about them, actually get in the way of Leadership? And if they do, what do we do about it? Hosted by Questiam Leadership Development http://www.questiam.com

Accountability is probably one of the two most frequently "coached on" topics I encounter. This week we look Under the hood at this discomfort inducing, much misunderstood concept and start looking at what it is (and isn't) what it takes to create accountability, hold it and release it's magic! Hosted by Questiam Leadership Devleopment http://www.questiam.com

Have you ever had an experience that ticked you off so much you just couldn't stop thinking about it? Now, what if you could take that experience and create from it a way to contribute to your community, enjoy yourself and spread fun and laughter and possibility wherever you went? "Not possible." You say? Meet my guest Linda Leja. Expanding the possibilities of business, contribution and play every day. If life is handing you lemons, sure, you could go make the proverbial lemonade, or... You could bust out the tequila and salt and get your party on!

We live and work in a world that has been re-made in the image of how our brains have evolved. We have evolved as a species based on our ability to understand how the world works in order to survive in it. Our favourite tools to do that are rules, conclusions and judgements. As a result, We live and work in a world that favours predictability and certainty over uncertainty. However, we forgot half the story! Rules, conclusions and judgements have side effects when applied to our fellow man. Human beings accept rules and judgements only to a point. We also crave surprise play and messing around to see what happens. In the final analysis we ALL want freedom as well! Come and explore what's possible when we start to relate to one another beyond the need or requirement for rules, conclusions and judgements. What else is possible when we realize, fundamentally. We're All Volunteers.

What if planning and progress aren't quite as linked as we think? There's a time for planning and structure and order and predictability. When I get a flat tire on the side of the road I want clear instructions that are guaranteed to work about how to get back on my way. But there's a danger in trying to overapply the strategy of planning of knowing the how before you begin. Come and rediscover the possibility of not having a plan for every little thing on today's show and see how letting go of 'How?" as the your first Go-To Question can increase creativity, innovation, fun, and freedom in your business and your life.

Zentangle is business built around a meditative art form discovered and popularized by Calligrapher Maria Thomas and former Zen Monk Rick Roberts. Since it's first class Zentangle has grown steadily in North America and now boasts a growing community of Certified Zentangle Trainers world wide who help Rick and Maria share the benefits of this fun, calming, conclusion busting art form. Join Sharon as we speak with Rick and Maria for a look at a very personal business with a profound impact! Find out more about Zentangle at http://www.zentangle.com

Two articles came out in the past week that both point to broken conversations in business. The first discusses a new book by the Co-founder and Chairman of Linked and speaks to the fundamental dishonesty at the heart of employment today. The second, about Adobe Sr. VP of People and Places Donna Morris looks at what's wrong with the standard performance appraisal conversations had in organizations around the globe. Both articles point to conversations that are just plain broken. This week we look at how to spot a broken conversation with yourself, in your business or in your workplace and what to do about it when you find it. http://www.questiam.com

Join Sharon Lewis and Francisco Wulff for a fun romp through economic theory. Yes, I said a FUN romp through economic theory! How how we can look at economic choices and behavior in ways that have us feel less restricted and enable us to create the change we desire for the world? What can economics tell us about the role of conclusions and paradigms in how our world is constructed? What can it tell us about how easy or difficult it is to do things differently in the world we have constructed for ourselves? And my favouite question, the one that lit the fuse on my desire to go deeper into this conversation with a real live economist: Does economic theory limit or enable the expansion of our consciousness as a species and in the world we co-create? http://www.questiam.com

Ever noticed that there's just a wee bit more to get done than there are hours in the day? Join an exploration of what it is to keep moving through overwhelm, uncertainty and chaos without loosing it.

So if business is personal and the world runs on business, at least economically what's it going to take to reshape our world? Well, what if we got women even more involved? If you've ever quipped, "When I rule the world..." then this just might be your show. Join host Sharon Lewis and her special guests Heather Clarke and Cheryl Breukelman for a lively discussion about the upcoming "Women Reshaping the World" conference in Toronto Ontario this coming November 27th 2014. Heather and Cheryl are hosting the Toronto event and we'll have a conversation about what else might be possible if women were reshaping the world! find out more at www.womenreshapingtheworld.com http://www.questiam.com

Our consciousness has everything to do with business and leadership. Unfortunately it's always been something seen as 'not suitable' for the business conversation. So let's define consciousness for the business person's lexicon. A person's consciousness consists of the set of assumptions, beliefs and values that we allow to govern our lives and the very core beliefs we hold about who we are. In this regard we can talk about an individual's consciousness as that person's 'operating system'. In this show we look at how our collective consciousness has evolved over the years and how it continues to evolve. We also examine what the impact has been on how business operates. And make some predictions for how our next evolution in consciousness will impact business in the near future. Find out more about Sharon at http://www.questiam.com/

Our world runs on business and money. Everyone knows it, not everyone likes it. Do you ever feel like you’re caught up in the big corporate machine? Are you winning or losing the rat race and still feeling like a rat? Even if you find yourself in a comfortable spot somewhere in the middle of the heap do you ever resent all the shoulds, have tos and musts dos that drive your day? Are you ever worn out, stressed, depressed or anxious about either the responsibility you hold or the helplessness you feel? Are you tired of hearing it’s not personal, it’s business as justification for what you must do or for not being able to choose what YOU know should be possible? There’s a reason for that. Business IS personal. Business is YOU; You are business; and we ALL have a role to play in leading our world in a direction that makes it a place we all want to be! What would it be like if all the external events, resources, time constraints, power hierarchies and budgets that seem to be squeezing the possibility out of your