Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Hands-On ... - always yours

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• Communication
• Influence
• Building bonds
• Developing others
Derailers
• No major ones noticed ( . . . yet!)
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PERSONAL
SOCIAL
Understanding Self Others
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PETE CARROLL
After establishing the University of Southern California (USC)
as the most successful college football program of the 2000s, Pete
Carroll took on a new challenge in returning to the NFL as the
head coach and executive vice-president of the Seattle Seahawks. In
Seattle, Carroll hopes to make a name for himself in the pro ranks,
where he was once regarded as a failure. According to the LA Times,
“He has always thought that he would have won more games in his
last NFL go around had he been given personnel control. In his decision
to leave USC for the Seahawks, that was a non-negotiable.” 58
(Confidence) Carroll is the fi nal word on Seahawks personnel moves.
He left USC with an astounding winning record of 97-19 (85.6%). In
May 2008, Carroll was named the coach who did the most to defi ne
the first 10 years of the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) era.
When Carroll arrived at USC in 2001, they had been 56-39-2
the eight years prior. They were 5 and 7 in 2000, the year before
Carroll arrived. His record was a remarkable feat of national