Ownership, Accountability, & Emotional Intelligence

Sandy Lamb is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and TedX speaker coach. She did the corporate gig and saw executive coaching and leadership development as the perfect way to use her skills, help other people excel, and balance work with family and wellness. Sandy helps executives build a culture of belonging and respect by focusing on authentic leadership and emotional intelligence.

She’s the CEO of Altitude Executive Coaching and today, Sandy joins the show to talk about EQ – Emotional Quotient – empathy, and self-awareness.

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Key Takeaways

00:56 – Jonathan introduces today’s guest, Sandy Lamb, who joins the show to talk about early financial lessons she learned and why she never treated money as an idol

08:12 – Sandy’s path to executive coaching

11:46 – Male-saturated versus male-dominated

13:09 – Emotional Intelligence, empathy, and self-awareness

23:43 – Privilege and avoiding the victim mentality

31:09 – The Four Progressive Areas of Empathy

36:23 – What empathy is really about

39:50 – One thing we can do to increase personal and financial success and one thing to completely ignore

43:58 – The last thing that Sandy changed her mind about and a place Sandy has visited that had a profound impact on her

48:09 – Jonathan thanks Sandy for joining the show and lets listeners know where to connect with her

Tweetable Quotes

“Now, my focus is primarily on the executive coaching and for promoting women in STEM. I don’t have an engineering degree, but I want more and more women to know that they’re worthy and that they can enter into that male-saturated industry, not male-dominated.” (11:22) (Sandy)

“Emotional Intelligence is your ability to be aware of your emotions as they’re coming up in real time.” (15:36) (Sandy)

“The key, and what I’ve really dug deep on, is this idea of empathy. And empathy really falls under social awareness in the EQ assessment world. So, it’s important to have an understanding of your own emotions.” (19:15) (Sandy)

“Understanding what it is that you have a passion for doing – what excites you to get up and go to work every day? So, there’s a piece of that that really comes into play when you’re looking at, ‘What’s the right role for me?’ And most people don’t leave their jobs, they leave their supervisors. So, again, it goes back to that relationship and this idea of, ‘Can I work for somebody who doesn’t necessarily align with my values and beliefs?’ And I think that’s something that we need to ask ourselves.” (20:02) (Sandy)

“The whole idea of women’s empowerment and being empowered is taking matters into your own hands. Don’t complain about what’s happening around you. The way in which you change your situation is you make it happen.” (26:36) (Sandy)

“Empathy is not about agreement and it’s not even necessarily about understanding as much as it is about listening. Sometimes, people just want you to listen.” (36:23) (Sandy)

“Don’t make a statement when you can ask a question. Because when you make statements, you’re talking at people; you’re not talking with them. And you are assuming that you already know what they need.” (39:19) (Sandy)