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Cathy Missildine
"Leading with the Heart and Mind: Integrating Emotional Intelligence and Strategic Thinking" (Webinar)

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Enhance Emotional Intelligence: - Understand the core components of emotional intelligence (EI) and their impact on leadership. - Develop skills to recognize, understand, and manage your own emotions and those of others.
2. Strengthen Strategic Thinking: - Learn the principles of strategic thinking and how to apply them in a leadership context. - Gain techniques for making informed decisions that align with organizational goals and values.
3. Integrate Heart and Mind in Leadership: - Explore ways to balance empathy and logic in decision-making processes. - Understand the importance of integrating EI with strategic thinking for effective leadership.

 

Session Description:

The "Leading with the Heart and Mind" workshop is designed for leaders who seek to enhance their leadership capabilities by integrating emotional intelligence with strategic thinking. This comprehensive workshop provides insights into balancing empathy and rationality, fostering a culture of trust and collaboration, and driving organizational success. Participants will explore techniques to understand and manage their own emotions, build strong relationships, and make sound decisions that benefit both their team and the organization.

Speaker Bio:

Cathy Missildine has extensive experience in many areas of strategic Human Resources Management. Cathy has worked closely with executives in the areas of performance, productivity, organizational metrics, training, employee and customer engagement, workforce planning, organizational change and strategic implementation. Her experience in operations and sales management in the technical, insurance, healthcare and hospitality industries has given her a broad understanding of business issues and a solid foundation for building performance enhancing systems that support the business.

Cathy currently serves as the Chief Human Resource Officer for Verida, Inc., a non-emergency medical transportation provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. She oversees the HR function making sure that HR aligns its service delivery with the current needs of the business. Prior to joining Southeastrans, Cathy Co-Founded, Intellectual Capital Consulting (ICC), where she spent 20 years in the HR consulting industry. ICC’s clients included: Intercontinental Hotels Group, Mizuno, Genuine Parts Company, Aon, IBM, Hampton Inn, United Way, Vulcan and Southern Company.

Cathy is a graduate from Kennesaw State University where she earned an MBA with an emphasis Human Resource Management and Development. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and holds their professional certification, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and also the SHRM-SCP.

Cathy is serving as an adjunct Professor at Kennesaw State University where she has taught the HR Certification course for over 20 years. She teaches an online SHRM certification course as well as an in-class version. Cathy is a nationally recognized speaker addressing audiences from SHRM, ASTD, and AAHAM.

In addition to her domestic speaking, Cathy has traveled to Shanghai, China to deliver “Moving from Transactional to Strategic: Becoming an Effective HR Business Leader’ to HR professionals representing multi-national organizations.

Cathy lives in Atlanta and spends her free time traveling and boating on Lake Allatoona.