I want to address depression and other mental health issues within the Australian Workforce and believe with emotional leadership and personal development we can make a difference.

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Research
Research shows that if we
equip our leaders with
emotional intelligence
Challenges
Emotional Leaders of today
can navigate through
challenges
Why does emotional intelligence matter in business today?
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Eleanor Roosevelt

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Builders
Emotional Leadership helps
build a brand where people
thrive
Bottom Line
Emotional leadership
improves the bottom line
Leadership
Emotional Intelligence
improves leadership skills
Retention
Emotional Leadership
improves retention and a
better place to work

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Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, on the
other hand, is a flexible set of
skills that can be acquired and
improved with practice.
Intelligence
Intelligence is your ability to
learn, and it’s the same at age 15
as it is at the age of 50.
Change
Plan
But if two days and a few weeks
of a “practice period” is how
Google turns all its doubters into
do-gooders and loyal employees.
Mindfulness
Self-awareness and mindfulness
training might be something other
companies should seriously think
about.
It’s true that no one likes change.
Emotional Intelligence at Google

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Impact
How much of an impact
does emotional intelligence
have on your professional
success?
Short Answer
The short answer is a lot!
Power
It’s a powerful way to focus
your energy in one direction
with a tremendous result.
Emotional Intelligence is linked to performance

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Research
TalentSmart tested emotional
intelligence along side 33 other
important workplace skills
Performance
Emotional Intelligence was found to
be the strongest predictor of high
performance
Success
A full 58% of success in all types of
jobs
Top Performers
Studies at work found 90% of top
performers are also high in
emotional intelligence
Drivers
Emotional Intelligence is the
strongest driver of leadership and
personal excellence
TalentSmart

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TalentSmart
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter F. Drucker
On the flip side, just 20% of
bottom performers are high
in emotional intelligence.
You can be a top performer
without emotional
intelligence, but the chances
are slim.
Naturally, people with a high
degree of emotional
intelligence make more
money.
An average of $29,000 US
more per year than people
with low degree of emotional
intelligence.
The link between emotional
intelligence and earnings is
so direct that every point
increase in emotional
intelligence adds $1,300 US
to an annual salary.

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AnalysisTalentSmart
These findings hold true for
people in all industries, at all
levels, in every region of the
world.
We haven’t yet been able to
find a job in which
performance and pay aren’t
tied closely to emotional
intelligence.

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The Top 10 Emotionally Intelligent Fortune 500 CEO’s By Chip Conley
Chip Conley took a look at the performance of their companies while they’ve been the “emotional
thermostat” for their organization.
#1 Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com
#2 Warren Buffet
Berkshire Hathaway
#3 Ursula Burns
Xerox
#4 Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan Chase
#5 John Donahue
eBay
#6 Larry Fink
BlackRock
#7 Alan Mulally
Ford
#8 Indra Nooyi
Pepsi
#9 Howard Schultz
Starbucks
#10 Kent Thiry
Da Vita

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• People were the key to business, and that leadership is
about continuous growth. FedEx Express had state of the
art leadership training – among the top ten in the world.
• FedEx Express had state of the art leadership training –
among the top ten in the world.
• In 2005, a new training program for managers was introduced,
and was emotional intelligence.
• The program is yielding an 8 – 11% increase in core
leadership competencies.
FedEx ExpressCase Study by 6seconds.org

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FedEx Express

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FedEx Express
The success of emotional leadership at FedEx offers insights for the
other companies looking to gain value from Emotional Intelligence.
Success
The simple formula makes sense, where there is a very strong
recognition that productivity is created by people.
Simple Formula
Leaders need the skills to understand what makes people really work:
Emotional Intelligence.
Skills

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1 in 6
1 in 6 Australian workers will be experiencing a mental
illness.
Mental Illness
Many others will be experiencing the initial signs of
mental illness including insomnia, worry and fatigue.
Depression
Depression and anxiety are now the leading cause
of long term sickness absence in the developed
world.
Presenteeism
They are also associated with presenteeism, where
an employee remains at work despite their condition
causing significally reduced productivity.
Compensation Cliams
In Australia alone, poor mental health at work is estimated to
cost the economy over $12billion/year including over $200
million worth of workers compensation claims.
Workplace Cost
The total workplace cost for depression over one year
is estimated to be $8,025 per affected individual.
Organizational Perspective
From an organizational perspective addressing mental
health in the workplace can increase productivity, and
employee engagement.
Health
For the individual, it means a healthy, balanced life and
psychological wellbeing.
Estimated cost in the work place
Blackdoginstitute.org.au
The benefits of a mentally health workforce are crystal clear.

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“ Leadership is lifting a person’s
vision to high sights, the raising of a
person’s performance to a higher
standard, the building of a personality
beyond its normal limitations.”
Peter Drucker

17. GET IN TOUCH
Dennis Stojkovic Emotional Leadership
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