Keep Believing

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.