Episode 72

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21st May 2024

How to Harness Emotional Intelligence featuring Jennifer Fonseca

"Emotional mastery is not just about controlling your reactions, it's about conducting an honest audit of your relationships and owning the role you play in them.”

In this episode, we are joined by Jennifer Fonseca, Senior Coach and Trainer at Floyd Consulting, who dives into the art of emotional mastery and its transformative effect on both personal and professional relationships.

In our conversation, Jennifer shares takeaways like the transformative effect of honest self-assessment, the seven levels of intimacy, and how they can lead to profound shifts in understanding and improving every relationship in your life. Tune in to learn how mastering your emotions can unlock doors of opportunities.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

  1. How emotional mastery can transform relationships both professionally and personally
  2. How cultivating deeper levels of intimacy can lead to easier and more effective professional relationships as well as enhancing personal connections
  3. The impact of humanizing your interactions and the power of changing the narratives you have about people in your life


Things to listen for:

[04:22] Encourage vulnerability and accountability

[08:50] Develop deep relationships in personal and professional life.

[10:37] Be aware of workplace communication challenges

[15:43] Even public figures experience anxiety, stress, and doubt

[22:23] Prepare, show up, focus, identify needs, and grow

[23:55] Valuing human dignity improves work relationships and outcomes

[26:56] Supporting people's dreams creates a better culture


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About the Podcast

Lead with Culture
A company can only become the best version of itself to the extent that its people are becoming better versions of themselves. What’s the key to making that happen? Building dynamic cultures so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.

Hosted by Kate Volman, CEO of Floyd Coaching, Lead with Culture is a show dedicated to exploring how great leaders create workplaces where people can thrive both personally and professionally.

Conversations are inspired by Matthew Kelly's bestselling books The Dream Manager, The Culture Solution, and Off Balance. Guests include incredible leaders as well as Floyd executive coaches sharing stories and providing insights into real strategies used to attract and retain great talent, execute effectively, become better coaches, build teams and grow businesses.

Whether you're a CEO, HR executive, manager, or simply part of a team, this show will help you become a better leader.

About your host

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Kate Volman

Your dreams are yours for a reason. What are you doing about them?

Our vision at Floyd is to make work fun and engaging for as many people as possible, by delivering world-class training and creating cultures that lead to thriving businesses that are profitable, scalable, and sustainable. My team and I show up every day excited to make this happen.

My team and I can help you build a dynamic culture so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.
➡️ Coaching. Everyone needs a coach. We have a coach for everyone.
➡️ Training.
➡️ Speaking.

I love my career and the journey it took to get here.
⭐️ I led the sales team, improved company processes, and created programs, workshops, and initiatives to help business owners build better relationships and execute results-driven marketing strategies during my eight years at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
⭐️ I initiated content marketing strategies that drove more traffic and increased brand awareness while in my role as Marketing Director for the City of West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
⭐️ I started a boutique marketing agency and helped business owners leverage digital marketing and video.
⭐️ I founded and facilitate Inspired Action, a goal-setting workshop specifically designed to help women achieve their goals.
⭐️ At Floyd, I lead a team of incredible people dedicated to helping people and organizations become the best version of themselves.

My mission is to help as many people as possible live a more joyful life doing more of what they love.
🎤 Check out my podcast Create for No Reason, a show about making something for the pure joy of it.
https://anchor.fm/createfornoreason

I love to network, collaborate, and help people achieve their dreams. The best way to connect with me is at kvolman@floydconsulting.com