Dr. Gloria Miele is an executive coach, leadership trainer, facilitator and professional speaker known for dynamic presentations, retreats, and workshops that get results in staff training and professional development, specifically in the healthcare workforce. Programs are engaging, research-informed and always include valuable takeaways and actionable steps to continue applying concepts long after the typical training binder gets lost on a shelf. Some programs include management consulting and strategic planning in for-profit, non-profit, health care and government. Additionally, her signature leadership training focuses on a strengths-based approach to build more cohesive, effective engaged leaders and their teams. In this episode, Dr. Gloria Miele shares that in a world that is so divided, empathy along with emotional intelligence are skill sets all effective leaders need.

"Emotional intelligence is an important way to understand yourself, understand others, and really open yourself up to other people's perspectives and what will lead to a happier, healthier, better you," explains Dr. Gloria Miele, executive coach, leadership trainer, facilitator and professional speaker. In addition to her work in leadership coaching, Dr. Miele was the troop leader for her daughter's Girl Scouts troop all the way from 2nd grade through their senior year of high school. All of this experience combined has proven to Dr. Miele the true value of emotional intelligence and empathy in leadership. Today, Dr. Miele speaks with host Cheri Ruskus about how leaders can begin to work on their own emotional intelligence and set an example that others will follow.

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In this podcast, the host covers:

• What freedom means to Gloria as a leader

• How attraction to bright shiny objects can be an entrepreneurial strength

• What emotional intelligence is and why it is critical for leadership

• The importance of self awareness

• How mindfulness can help with self management

• What it means to have empathy for others

• How empathy reduces implicit biases

• How setting boundaries is a form of emotional intelligence

• Why self care is important for leaders

Podcast Quotes:

• "Freedom means for me, to feel comfortable in my own skin, to understand what I want in my business, in my life, and to understand what other people want, especially as a leader." (2:12-2:28 | Dr. Miele)

• "I love to focus on strengths because we spend a heck of a lot of time focusing on what's wrong with us." (10:03-10:11 | Dr. Miele)

• "Self awareness is key." (11:03-11:04 | Dr. Miele)

• "The more you're aware of yourself and how you can manage all of the many things that are on the table, then you can understand where you want to be putting your energies and your focus." (16:55-17:07 | Dr. Miele)

• "One thing that we're really missing in leadership in some areas, is another piece of emotional intelligence, which is empathy." (18:04-18:14 | Dr. Miele)

• "Studies show that it really is taking another person's perspective, taking that pause to understand what's going on outside of you, that can short circuit bias, short circuit those implicit automatic thoughts that we have." (20:23-20:41 | Dr. Miele)

• "We are all leaders. We need to remind ourselves of that, that wherever you are on your journey, whether it's professional, whether it's in your family, whatever it is, you are a leader." (31:16-31:30 | Dr. Miele)

• "Emotional intelligence is an important way to understand yourself, understand others, and really open yourself up to other people's perspectives and what will lead to a happier, healthier, better you." (32:01-32:17 | Dr. Miele)

About the Podcast Guest:

To learn more about Dr. Gloria Miele, visit her website (Stronger Leader).

Watch Dr. Gloria Miele's TED talk, 'What I've Learned from Being a Girl Scout' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_rra9AHRCk).

About the Host:

After selling her business of 16 years in 1999, Cheri knew the next step to take was to empower other entrepreneurs and small business owners through the power she had discovered in business coaching.

It has been her honor to learn skill sets from the real world experience of owning a business for all those years as well as being mentored by the best of the best in the areas of mindset, marketing and creating strong business systems. Cheri offers Colorado business coaching programs, and is an expert workshop facilitator.

About The Bright Shiny Object Project Podcast:

The Bright Shiny Object Project Podcast is a vehicle to open your perspective about which shiny ideas are going to keep you on course and which ones are taking you to the point of distraction. As entrepreneurs we see the world with our eyes wide open. And therefore, we come across many bright shiny objects on any given day.

Listen to the full podcast interview by Cheri Ruskus with Dr. Gloria Miele on your preferred podcast channel.

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