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Leading with Emotional Intelligence

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Want a team that stays centered, productive, and engaged - no matter what's thrown at them?

 

Join Jonathan Fanning and Natalie d'Aubermont Thompson for a 5-month series in our leadership forums on Emotional Intelligence - a practical blueprint for building teams that remain focused, confident, and authentic despite the circumstances.

Learn more about our forums:

for CEOs & Superintendent

for Executives and Leaders

Interested in learning more?

5-Month Transformational Coaching Cohort for
CEOs and C-Suite Leaders
Is this cohort for you? Ask yourself:
  • Does my temper or impatience ever get me into trouble?

  • Do I sometimes rub people the wrong way? (Be honest.) What’s the price I pay?

  • When was the last time I promised to change a habit — and I did?

  • How far could my career go if I eliminated one or two counterproductive behaviors?

  • How much time and energy do I spend feeling hurt, guilty, inadequate, worried or anxious? Where has it gotten me?

  • How much emotional energy do I waste by overreacting?

  • How do my daily actions influence the emotional development of those around me?

 
And specifically as a CEO or C-Suite leader:
  • Do I (or we) avoid or mishandle accountability conversations, so people leave disengaged rather than energized and committed to higher performance?

  • How often do emotional reactions or unspoken tensions in the executive team undermine strategic alignment and slow down execution?

  • When facing intense pressure from the board, investors, or market shifts, do I stay fully present and clear-headed, or does emotion cloud my leadership presence?

  • Are difficult feedback conversations with my direct reports draining rather than developmental, limiting the growth of my leadership bench?

  • Does the emotional climate I set as a leader create a high-trust, high-performance culture — or does it allow politics, silos, and guarded behavior to persist?

  • How much is unresolved emotional friction at the executive level costing us in innovation, speed, employee engagement, and overall results?

  • Am I modeling the emotional intelligence I want to see throughout the organization — or are my own patterns quietly capping our collective potential?

  • When was the last time I felt fully in command of both the strategy and the emotional energy required to drive it forward across the enterprise?

 

If you are serious about raising the lid on your own leadership and the performance of your entire organization, this 5-month transformational cohort is designed for you.

You will:

  • Master your own emotional intelligence at the highest level — responding with a level head even when ready to blow a fuse — so you model the steady self-control and presence that sets the tone for the entire executive team and organization.

  • Raise the lid on your leadership by closing the gap between knowing and doing, replacing reactive patterns with disciplined emotional agility that drives sharper decisions, stronger influence, and greater resilience under pressure.

  • Build organizational health by eliminating the five dysfunctions at the leadership level — fostering vulnerability-based trust, productive conflict, clarity, accountability, and results that cascade throughout every layer of the company.

  • Create a powerful ripple effect — as your elevated emotional intelligence flows downward, it transforms culture, boosts team engagement, reduces costly drama, and multiplies performance across the enterprise.

  • Develop the executive presence that commands respect, inspires loyalty, and turns pressure into competitive advantage — enabling you to lead through change, crisis, and opportunity with clarity and authority.

  • Establish a self-reinforcing flywheel of personal mastery and organizational excellence — where your growth as a leader compounds into sustained business results, stronger executive alignment, and a high-performance culture that attracts and retains top talent.

  • Leave a lasting legacy as the CEO or C-Suite leader who raised the emotional intelligence lid for the entire organization — delivering measurable gains in decision quality, team cohesion, innovation, and long-term value creation.

  • This cohort is for executives who recognize that their emotional intelligence is the ultimate multiplier — the single greatest lever for organizational transformation. The ripple effects of your growth will be felt in every meeting, every decision, and every result for years to come.

 

Limited to a select group of high-caliber leaders. If you’re ready to elevate yourself and your organization, apply today.

The Interchange is designed exclusively for CEOs, Executive Directors, Presidents, and Superintendents who are ready to ask hard questions, share real experiences, and find better ways forward — together. The Exchange is for C-suite and departmental heads who champion transformational leadership. Both forums include monthly virtual meetings, one-on-one executive coaching each month, and pre-work before each session.

Why Phoenix?

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For 30 years, Phoenix Performance Partners has been helping CEOs create high-performing cultures.  We are known for:

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helping clients get to the root cause of difficult-to-discuss, high-stakes issues in a manner that is direct, supportive and valuable.  ​

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facilitating the development of open, collaborative, coaching cultures that inspire creativity, engagement, innovation, and improved results.

Need more information?

For additional information or to register contact one of our Co-Founders:

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Tom Willis  

[email protected]

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Brad Zimmerman 

[email protected]

100% of CEOs expressed positive change.

Research conducted by the University of Southern California
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