Lighten Up!

Emotional Intelligence Matters—Big Time!

Self-awareness, ego management, and trust building don’t happen by accident, and none of it is taught in school. Let The Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously! make your community happier by improving the emotional intelligence of your stakeholders, including leaders and those who lead without having formal leadership titles. In other words, EVERYONE has the opportunity to contribute more to a thriving enterprise by developing trusting relationships and being deeply engaged.

Things I Do.

Executive Coach

Leadership is more about inspiring others to follow, and not being the top expert in the room. Howie asks the pertinent questions to drive self-awareness and the capacity to recruit the collective wisdom in organizations, ultimately leading to deeper trust and cultures where employees feel safe and connected. Oh yeah, coachees have plenty fun in the process!

Peer Advisory Group Leader

As a Vistage Chair, Howie takes a group of CEOs, business owners, and other top decision-makers in organizations along a journey of professional and personal growth. Members show up with curiosity, vulnerability, and no-holds-barred candor as they hold each other accountable in our culture of uncompromising confidentiality. One key qualification for membership is a decent sense of humor!

 
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Speaker / Facilitator

As a Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Howie references key topics such as business culture, emotional intelligence, ego management, self-awareness, trust, relationships, engagement, and happiness.

There are so many strategies, initiatives and programs to improve employee engagement and happiness, but we're not moving the bar so much! An awful lot of time, energy and money without much change. Time to look at another approach?

Author

“This book perfectly summarizes what many of us internalize about business leadership and personal relationships in our communities.”

—Amazon review.