HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
Queen Nadia Harihiri
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw
Powerhouse Global Brand Propagator
"Dreams are one of the fuels of the Human Spirit."
- Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw
We are delighted to introduce our newest publication (Powerhouse Global Stars) to the world. This publication is one of the dreams we nurtured during the ‘lockdown’ period. We wanted something that would match the needs in the market for global recognition of those who are in the position of ‘service’. Our core object is to showcase the brilliance of leaders and aspiring leaders through profiling and written articles of such leaders.
We call this publication: The sharp edge leaders’ magazine. Powerhouse Global Star (Pgs) is on the mission to deliver quality publication and to create opportunity for others. Of course, this will not be possible without your encouragement and kind thoughts. In this edition, we have carefully selected some of the finest men and women who are true leaders in their fields of purpose. We hope you would send businesses our way. Thank you for your support. Enjoy!
Powerhouse Global Stars
Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw
INTERVIEW WITH
LAVAR ARRINGTON (LA) POWERHOUSE GLOBAL STARS
LaVar is a legend in NCAA college football, being selected #2 in the 2000 draft by the Washington Redskins, going on to be one of the most celebrated and hardest hitting linebackers in the history of the National Football League (NFL). He is a sportswriter and broadcaster. LaVar is the Co-Founder of Warrior Woke.
PGS: LaVar, great to have you on today’s interview.
LA: Thank you for allowing me to share my vision for the future of youth with your readers. It’s our responsibility to prepare them to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the future.
PGS: You are both an athlete and a businessman. And your passion is to help the youth to live a life of purpose and fulfillment. This obviously led to the setting up of ‘Warrior Woke’. Please tell us about your program and how it benefits your service users.
LA: As an athlete, I realized that there were a lot of incompletes and blanks that were left when I played football, and these voids ultimately led to me becoming a businessman – a businessman who prioritizes impact. My development as a businessman was based off the improvement in myself that I gained while endeavoring to fill those gaps. I started Warrior Woke, a company that is committed to building the “complete athlete”, physically, mentally, emotionally and financially, to build on the attributes that make an outstanding athlete –strength, resiliency, leadership, teambuilding, patience, courage and empathy – all of which are the same attributes which make someone an outstanding businessperson – an outstanding individual. Further, a key philosophy with Warrior Woke is based on the importance of bridging the communication gap between coaches and athletes, parents and their kids. When Warrior Woke was launched last month, it was the result of my realization that, after many year of mentorship, experience, perspective and commitment to athletes, I am
only one person, so my ability to impact many lives will only be realized if there is a broadreaching program to support my philosophies. By creating a program based on my beliefs, experiences and successes, I can use a “train the trainer” approach to work with coaches, athletic directors – and parents, to administer the program on a scalable basis. I am proud to have created a vehicle which will allow me to contribute to the development of athletes around the world, allowing us to impact lives, shaping the character of athletes, building them physically, mentally and emotionally, while also helping to develop the perspective and understanding of coaches, parents and families, who are integral to the success of the athlete. Warrior woke is a platform that is dedicated to the development of our sports community, but the take-aways transcend sports. We focus on habit building and identity building to maximize sports, academics and life experiences. This is so important to me and the people with whom I’ve worked closely and diligently with for the last 13 years, to drive home quality
there were a lot of incompletes and blanks that were left when I played football, and these voids ultimately led to me becoming a businessman – a businessman who prioritizes impact. My development as a businessman was based off the improvement in myself that I gained while endeavoring to fill those gaps.
content which will aid in the development of “the person”. If you can build wining habits as a person, and have winning thoughts and have a winning mindset and apply those attitudes to your life, then for me, we will have succeeded in putting one more positive person into our society who can make a difference and will give back to others, believing in helping to restoring humanity the way we do.
PGS: Before you hung your ‘Cleats’, you earned three Pro Bowl and All-pro selections.
How easy was it for you to decide on what to do next after such a successful career?
LA: It was easy for me to transition to the next stage of my career beyond football because I love helping people, and being a person of service, my awards and achievements in sports don’t amount to anything if I don’t use those experiences to help others achieve at a high level – high enough to potentially be an allpro, pro-bowler or professional athlete. For me, the ability to communicate this message to younger athletes is something I’ve been good at. I’ve been a better teacher and a better mentor than I’ve ever been an active player. I take a great deal of pride in my ability to communicate clearly the different ways to approach sports AND life to be as successful as you can possibly be. Helping to develop youth into the “complete individual” is something that has been a tremendous passion of mine, and I’ve been blessed to have enough success where I can make that my daily focus in what I do in both life and business.
PGS: I love the phrase (conquer you). These are two powerful combination of words that ignite light in the mind. Could you please explain further what it means to ‘conquer you’ and how we can apply this in our daily living.
LA: It’s a great question. I love “conquer you” as a phrase and
statement because we all have to decide that we are going to face the realities of life no matter how harsh, no matter how real, we have to look into the mirror and commit to empowering, supporting and bettering that person looking back at you. You must decide that, whatever challenges you are facing, you will commit
to developing the personal skills necessary to conquer those challenges. If we don’t embrace these opportunities to improve ourselves, then we go backwards…we regress. There is no middle ground. To be a better ‘you’, you have to challenge yourself to get to a place where that daily battle – your daily approach is controlled by a strong and developed mindset, allowing your outcomes to be controlled by conscious decision-making. When you wake up each day, you decide if you are going to be the best you can be – or not. If you continue to address yourself and address your issues and weaknesses, you will ultimately create a winning mindset and a winning approach to life. Challenge yourself to conquer yourself. In many cases, elevating yourself is scary and at times, seems unattainable. Too often, people are just not willing to do what it takes to be what they are destined to be, and if you’re not willing to conquer yourself to tackle those challenge, then you’ll just live as a normal person, settling for mediocrity. The greatest people – athletes, leaders, inventors did not settle
for a life of mediocrity, and neither should you.
PGS: The youth are the future - no doubt about that. What can be done by industry leaders to help support those involved with youth empowerment?
LA: Invest your money! Give youth access to programs like Warrior Woke which will help them to develop the life skills they need to compete in athletics and to be able to compete in life. We have a responsibility to prepare the youth for the future. When corporations commit their social responsibility budgets to programs that support the development of youth, they are making an immeasurable commitment to the sustainability of our future. Contributing to the development of youth will make a quantifiable impact to the future of business, preparing future employees, innovators, leaders to take the reins of our transformational business future. Business leaders can play an important role in the future success of youth through the power of
It was easy for me to transition to the next stage of my career beyond football because I love helping people, and being a person of service, my awards and achievements in sports don’t amount to anything if I don’t use those experiences to help others achieve at a high level - high enough to potentially be an all-pro, pro-bowler or professional athlete.
mentorship. I was so fortunate as a kid to have Dwight White, who was a legendary football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as a neighbor in my community. Jerome Bettis and I had the same barber, so I had an opportunity to learn so many significant career and life skills from Jerome. I had an opportunity to put a normal view on successful people. For the longest time, until I got to an age where I was actually able to comprehend what success looked like and have that physical interaction,
I saw success as a fairy tale. It’s not different for youth with business leader mentors… by encouraging industry leaders to open up their daily routines, methodologies, decision-making strategies and to humanize success, we are giving a reality and a
relevancy to the things that are behind success, showing kids that they can actually achieve success if they work hard and go through the process. The methods of building success are truly a learned and applied process, and it’s not something that drops out of the sky. You
are not randomly chosen to be successful, rather, success comes to people who are willing to put in the time and energy, and what the beliefs are that make success a reality.
PGS: As a global influencer, what is your message for those who are struggling to with low self-esteem?
LA: Don’t base your worth and values off of other people’s opinions. It is much easier said than done. In my life, as someone who has struggled with tremendous self-esteem issues growing up, I never thought I was the best-looking guy, I was never the coolest guy, I dealt with a lot of insecurities and they were based on what I thought were the societal definitions of success. The way my face was shaped, or my eyes, my teeth, the way my voice sounded when I spoke, whatever it was, I based my self-esteem off of what I thought the mainstream definitions of “acceptable” were. As I got older, I learned that my cool is my cool, my sexy is my sexy, my amazing is my amazing, and the more I learned about myself, the
more comfortable I become with knowing that I am enough. You don’t have to base your value off of what the world says you are supposed to be. Self-esteem is one of those things that if you put it in somebody else’s hands – if you aren’t being proactive in your own self-development, all you are doing is allowing external forces to dictate and influence how you feel about yourself. If you think about it, more times than not, those external forces don’t even know you. They don’t understand your value your talents or your excellence. They aren’t aware! If you
recognize this, you can dial in and focus on who you are, who you want to be, and what your feelings are, recognizing that nothing else really matters. Instead of listening to other’s opinions of yourself, think about how other people can contribute to the value that you already have for yourself.
PGS: Were there times when you felt like giving up on your dreams? If yes, what was the one thing that kept you going?
LA: I thought about giving up plenty of times! You think about giving up on your dreams, but
what you really need to think about is why those dreams continue to persist in your mind. For me, however, if I can see a dream vividly in my mind, then I know that dream was put there for a reason. Ultimately, a dream is a guide. It is an ultimate destination. For me, I kept going because I couldn’t get the visions of what I was aspiring to out of my mind, and I committed to seeing those visions through to the end. Whether that dream or vision was as small as a play that I made on the football field, or something as big as the person I would marry and
when
I see something vivid in my mind, and I lock on to that goal or purpose, I do not stop. I believe that, divinely speaking, it was put there as a guide and as a goal to check off, which means that it is not a choice at that point. You realize it is your duty to fulfill that vision and dream, and to give up would mean living with regret.
what my family would look like - no matter what the vision was, if I kept it vividly in my mind, I knew it was put there for a reason and I kept pushing forward until I achieved it.
In the moments where I was thinking about giving up on something that was so vivid in my mind, I was more afraid of what ‘giving up’ meant –afraid of the consequences of ‘giving up’. For me, when I see something vivid in my mind, and I lock on to that goal or purpose, I do not stop. I believe that, divinely speaking, it was put there as a guide and as a goal to check off, which means
that it is not a choice at that point. You realize it is your duty to fulfill that vision and dream, and to give up would mean living with regret.
PGS: If you knew what you know now, what would you do differently?
LA: A lot. I would have spent more time getting to know myself in my younger years. If I had known to spend more time on truly challenging and learning who I am, I would have been more appreciative of some of the most influential figures that have been in my
life. I would have been more appreciative of the challenges that I went through in my life, and I would have been more aware of my direction and purpose. The reason I created Warrior Woke was to give youth access to these critical self-development experiences. I think if you make youth aware of how important it is to learn who you are and develop who you are, they will be on a course for a more enhanced life. Had I done this, my life could have potentially been more enhanced, which may have even made me a more phenomenal athlete. In the end, I look at things from the very simplistic standpoint that, undoubtedly, I am more than enough, and also valuable enough to continue building and growing who I am, and that is my “magnificent obsession”, as C.T. Fletcher would say.
PGS: And finally, what would you say to your younger self?
LA: I’d say, “thank you”. To give context to that, I’d say thank you to my younger self because he was a bad, bad dude, and even though I didn’t have the benefit of my current wisdom and knowledge, my younger self was one of the most fearless people that I’ve ever known in my entire life. It’s because of this fearlessness and willingness to do what others wouldn’t do and go where others wouldn’t go, pushing myself beyond the parameters where others give up and quit, that I just want to pat my younger self on the back and say thank you. The younger LaVar was going to figure it out. Any problems, with bumps and bruises, broken bones and wounds, torn ligaments and tons of surgeries
– whatever, younger LaVar was going to figure it out no matter what the challenge was from a very early age. This mindset of always wanting to get after it, to have the ability to actually become smart enough to shape and mold determination, well, I’m just thankful for ‘him’ being that type of dude.
PGS: It has been an absolute pleasure to have interviewed you.
LA: It is truly an honor to be featured in Powerhouse Global. Thank you.
PGS: Please share your links with our readers.
LA: www.warriorwoke.com
Instagram: warrior.woke
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FOREVER A COACH
FOREVER A STUDENT
— BY ANTHONY C. GRUPPO
Many of the best coaches I know are not always from the world of sports. They are parents, business leaders, and others that coach their children and colleagues to achieve to their potential. The game may change for all of us, but one truth is eternal; we are forever coaches and students. Although we may coach others, as lifelong leaders we are students as well.
Successful coaches have the capacity to elevate the performance of a student to another level. All a coach can hope to achieve is to elevate the student to reach the maximum level of their ability. Trust me, this is not an easy thing to do! A coach must understand their student’s needs, moods, and fears. A priority is to gain the respect of their student. Indeed, this may be the defining characteristic of a coach. A coach goes beyond the boundary often set for an instructor or teacher. A coach develops an understanding of the true personality and other hidden nuances of their student. The history books are filled with talented players that failed because they took to the road of challenge without a coach.
A true coach establishes a bond of trust that is similar to a parent. It is the same with a professional sales manager or other business coaching teams. Parents must seek to understand their children’s needs and personality. If we coach from our needs and not our student, we eventually jeopardize the success of both the coach and student.
The best coaches have the ability to push a student to reach limits. Limits in many cases, the students didn’t know they were capable of achieving. These coaches must recognize the moment when they have extracted all that is available from their student or colleague. Some coaches push beyond this level. Trouble for student and coach is not far behind.
The interaction of coach and Student is like a mirror. A mirror that reflects the strengths and weakness of both.
As a parent, motivator, or coach make a firm commitment to go the distance. Never overlook anything for your protégé. Develop your personal coaching style. A coaching style that represents your beliefs and values. Your coaching style is your brand. A brand that will label your legacy as forever a coach who cared. A coach who cared about their student and their mission.
About
Anthony C. Gruppo
Anthony C. Gruppo is a CEO, a visionary leader, an insurance and risk professional, an international podcast host, an engaging presenter, and author. He is a talented motivator who challenges people to think in new and powerful ways to fully maximize their potential. His Six Degrees of Impact program is instrumental in the success of the companies he has led.
Anthony C. Gruppo has written six books, where he shares his stories, experiences, and insights to inspire others to reach their full potential.
BOOK TITLES
1. Creating Reality A Guide to Personal Accomplishment
2. Creating Six Degrees The Journal
3. Pushers of the Possible
4. Roots of Leadership A Journal
5. Six Degrees of Impact Breaking Corporate Glass
6. Under Construction Welding Your Passion toYour Performance
PRESENTATION
Anthony C. Gruppo’s presentations are focused on leadership, management, and achieving the life you desire. Throughout his career, he has been invited to speak at seminars, corporate functions, dinners, workshops, and conferences. His dynamic and entertaining style makes him a highly sought after keynote speaker in both the national and international arenas.
PAST ENGAGEMENTS
• Powerhouse Global Leaders -Texas
• Marsh United Kingdom Growth Summit - London
• Professional Medical Insurance AssociationMiami
• CIGNA Insurance Company - Conneticut
• New Jersey Association of HR Professionals - New Jersey
• Streetwise Partners - New York City
• AIG Insurance CompanyPhiladelphia
• Developmental Leaders Conference - Chicago
• Insurance Brokers Association of New YorkNew York City
SPEAKING TOPICS
• Pushers of the Possible
Through motivational storytelling, Anthony C. Gruppo shares his philosophy about what it takes to be successful by always reaching for the possible.
• Servant Leadership
A leadership style based on serving the people you lead and helping others to achieve their potential.
• Six Degrees of Impact
An organizational system designed by Anthony C. Gruppo and Monique ter Haar to help organizations replace the glass ceiling with a glass floor, which results in positive growth both personally and professionally.
You could connect with Anthony C. Gruppo through the following links: https://anthonygruppo.com/ https://www.marshcommercial. co.uk
www.instagram.com/acgruppo www.linkedin.co/in/ AnthonyCGruppo www.amazon.com/Anthony-CGruppo/e/B00JG9PY41
THE POWER OF SELF-LOVE
In the last twelve years of running my business, I have always given my time, energy and money to those who have come my way. As an abstract thinker, work and work some more gives me an emensed pleasure and I can sometimes overlook my own needs.
— BY LADY ANITA DUCKWORTH-BRADSHAW
Iwas used to thinking it is ‘selfish’ to ask for what one need and deserve. It was as if my life plans have been out of place without me knowing. The realisation of ‘self-sabotage’ became clearer through the support of my amazing friends/coaches (Lady Joanne Stewart and MEejie Chaparro-Traverso). These women helped to guide me on the journey of ‘selflove’. It suddenly became clearer through their support that it’s okay to love myself. It’s okay to shutdown and take care of ‘me’. Just like a student, I began learning how to place priority on my needs instead of pushing off the point of focus. Now I can check what I allow into my space and how I invest my time and energy. I went further to engage in constant ‘reflective’ exercise. One of the things that came to light was my late mother. Yes, she was an addicted ‘servant’ during her lifetime. Could I be turning into my mother? As the last of her seven surviving children, I share alot of her characters (Teacher, mentor, cook, lover, mother, giver, Spiritualist etc...)
My late beautiful, super intelligent, loving and powerful mother (Ezinne Rose Ofoduru) was a ‘selfless’ servant during her time. She was one woman who took care of so many ‘less privileged’ individuals and families in my community - Widows especially.
Amongst my mother’s achievements during her lifetime was the honour (Ezinne) which was bestowed upon her by the Catholic Church for her service to humanity. Ezinne, which means:
Beautiful and good mother was something she was proud of because it represents her totality as a community leader and a mother indeed. One thing my mother didn’t do well was to ‘love’ herself. Everyone came first on her list except ‘her’. She allowed an emensed pressure on herself which lead to some health issues, and saddly led to her transition at a young age of fifty nine. I can hear her voice as I write this article + tears... She use to call me ‘Nne’ meaning: Mother...
Looking back, I was unkownly gravitating towards that sort of lifestyle (not considering my own needs), until my coaches showed up. Now, I have learned to shutdown and enjoy ‘me’. Since I began practicing this act, I can see the difference it has made in my overall wellness.
If you are reading this article and you feel that things needs to change by you, please do so. Don’t leave it for too long. I was lucky enough to have people who told me the truth. What if no one showed up to wake you up from ‘selfsabotage’? What if no one shows up? When are you going to make those changes? When are you going to start loving yourself?
I am offering 40% discount for my Powerhouse VIP Coaching/Mentoring program. Send me an email quoting (#pgs article) to be considered for the program. powerhouseglobalmag@gmail.com
I look forward to serving you.
Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw
AboutAnita Duckworth-Bradshaw
Lady Anita Chioma Duckworth-Bradshaw is an Award winning Global Impact Leader, Best Selling Author, Change Agent, Life Coach, and the Creator of the Powerhouse Global Brand (Powerhouse Global Magazine, Powerhouse Global Awards and Powerhouse Global Conferences).
Her eye for beauty, her talent for design, and her imaginative and creative skills have led her to build a global social media platform that helps further her social work. Culminating in an elegant and most sophisticated publication that serves humanity and shares their stories, she’s managed to create a world where to feature women and men alike. Her brilliant use of social media allows her to vastly influences the masses. With a distribution
reach of 73 countries from around the world Lady Anita helps feed minds and touch souls.
Providing basic education for children, designing skills acquisition programs for women, and fostering social skills for youngsters, feeding over 1000 children and supporting more than 1000 women through her work within her foundation since the inception in 2016.
Lady Anita is a true embodiment of a servant leader. She has created a platform for men and women alike from all spheres of life to showcase their brilliance.
A place leaders have come to love. Through online presence she gives hope to many people – especially women.
Her own personal struggles gave birth to her purpose. Having grown up in Africa, she understands first hand, the importance of supporting others and helping provide ways to have life’s basic needs met. She found a solution and therefore, created her foundation Powerful Global
Women Foundation (PGWF) in 2016 in Nigeria and subsequently, her most radiant Powerhouse Global Magazine publications .
It is both Lady Anita’s personal and professional mission to assist and serve others.
Lady Anita travels the world speaking at conferences and organizing Powerhouse Global events.
She lives by her motto of: Transforming Lives - one person at a time. Utilizing her voice, she addresses pressing issues and topics related to her work. Topics such as: Global Visibility; Your Voice. Your Power; Reposition for change;The Leading Leader; Risk to Reward; Healing From Within; The Road To Discovery and others.
Websites: www.powerhouseglobalmag. com
www.powerhouseglobalstars. com
www.powerhouseglobalwomen. com
Emotional Intelligence ……. ……. unleash the Best You Have to Offer
…. knowing what feels good, what feels bad, and how to get from bad to good is all about emotional intelligence says Inderjit Singh a UN Consultant and a keen student of behavioral sciences…...
— BY INDERJIT SINGH
High Intelligence alone is no guarantee of success and happiness. Then why is it so, that Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is generally regarded as such a prime virtue? It was only until the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI) emerged, that we could guess, what that ever-elusive “why” was.
Not anymore!
Emotional Intelligence is the “difference” that “makes the difference”.
This write-up is by no means, a treatise or a chronological development of the concept. My attempt is to rationalize the approach to the subject in the given ever-changing circumstances and one’s ability to make the best-balanced combination of the “intellective” (IQ) and “nonintellective” (EQ) elements to effectively meet our, and more importantly for the Leaders amongst us, to suitably discharge their social obligations and responsibilities towards the society and world at large.
Suffice here to mention and pay tribute to the proponent of the concept of EI, the psychologist Edward Thorndike who almost a century back coined this phrase and the developers of the concept John Mayer and Peter Salovey in late 1990’s who elaborated it through their definition:
• “The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions”
followed by an allencompassing narration by Daniel Goleman, the contemporary modern-day expert on the subject:
• “What really matters for success, character, happiness and lifelong achievements is a definite set of emotional skills –your EQ — not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.”
There has been no time like this in the recent past. Life for the humanity has reached an inflexion point. Emotional and Social Intelligence (ESI), perhaps a more appropriate terminology, has over the course of last few months since inception of the pandemic, has become a key talking point.
In a time with no guarantees of job security & health safety and consistently performing under pressure, conflicts, tensions, when the very concept of a “job” is being replaced by “mobility skills” like work-fromhome or work-from-anywhere has become a norm; and when health concern - in the absence of an appropriate vaccine, is
limited to certain make-shift precautionary measures of wearing face masks, social distancing, sanitization in the current global coronavirus pandemic; there are prime qualities that make and keep us employable with a mental equilibrium and sanity for a proper balance in our personal and business life alike – and that is emotional intelligence –in its larger sense of the word.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – REDEFINED
The current dynamics of the global environment, is charged with a sense of immobility, helplessness, anxiety, depression et al; as we are constantly “chasing a moving target”. A judicious blend of IQ and EQ i.e. Logic and Emotions is the requirement of this moment; as never before. Hence, the need to re-evaluate, re-examine and re-define the concept within the established and well accepted broadoutline parameters.
I believe that EI, as several other theories is organic in nature; always growing, reinventing and redefining with changing circumstances. Lady
There has been no time like this in the recent past. Life for the humanity has reached an inflexion point. Emotional and Social Intelligence (ESI), perhaps a more appropriate terminology, has over the course of last few months since inception of the pandemic, has become a key talking point.
Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw in one of her recent video clips made a mention of one being a “work-in-progress”. True, as we are evolving, so should our thinking processes until we reach a state of perfection –that is, if there is at all, anything called perfect?
Simply put, in a lay person language, emotional intelligence is a type of social intelligence that involves “the ability to identify, assess, control manage, evaluate and monitor emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups, and to use the
information to guide one’s thinking and actions” or even further simplified version “knowing what feels good, what feels bad, and how to get from bad to good is all about emotional intelligence”. However, this definition too is not the end-all in itself.
Adaptability to one’s environment is the name of the game! In context of environment being the operative word, the definition can be reworded as “the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively within the given environment”.
EI AND LEADERSHIP
There are Leaders and there are “Leaders of Substance”. A holistic leader of substance is skilled in two key areas he presents in his competence framework. These are “personal competence” - how he manages himself, and “social competence” - how he manages relationships.
America’s old and ingrained belief that a good CEO or
Executive level leader is ruthless has been replaced with the rise of humanity conscious leaders. New leaders in various industries have embraced a human-centered approach to leading their companies. When employees are more deeply connected to a vision for their company, and they are cared for in a broad sense rather than just their production value, better working environments are created. A Harvard Business School research has determined that EQ counts for twice as much as IQ and technical skills combined in determining
who will be successful. The realization has dawned that over 80% of competencies that differentiate top performers from others are in the domain of EI. What is clear is that EI is no longer a nice to have for organizations aspiring to be high performing; it is a need to have. EI is no longer an option but a prime necessity.
A leader with high-level emotional intelligence can navigate not just motivating and empowering employees, but also navigating complex and challenging decision making
with the mastery of emotional response. In other words, a leader must have the ability to process emotion to make sound decisions. It means that when a complicated issue erupts, that leader may have an adverse reaction that can aid them in making a good decision despite that negative reaction. A leader could be the most intelligent person with a high IQ rating in the room, but without a high EI score, this leader may fail to motivate employees. The presence of positive mood in leaders at work creates more effective and broader thought processes in certain types of decision-making abilities. Emotional Intelligence can be a game-changer to high performance and personal leadership.
LAST WORD
One size does not fit all; every leader will have different style and that style will interact with different environments in different ways. However, one research at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP) of over 10,000 global leaders revealed that there are some clear distinctions
between high and low performing leaders and EI is at the heart of this difference.
In a recent worldwide survey, it emerged that 43% of employees agreed or strongly agreed that “if their manger had more emotional intelligence, they would put extra effort.”
Research has shown that over 80% of the competencies that differentiate top performers from others are in the domain of EI, yet the notion of emotions in the workplace is often greatly misunderstood. In hard times, the soft stuff often goes away. But emotional intelligence, it turns out, isn’t soft. If emotional obliviousness jeopardizes your ability to perform, fend off aggressors, or be compassionate in a crisis, no amount of attention to the bottom line will protect your career. Emotional intelligence isn’t a luxury you can dispense with in tough times. It’s a basic tool that, deployed with finesse, is the key to professional success.
MY TAKE
To me, EI in a leadership position, is a reorientation, a realization of one’s internal
dynamics to put into action at that given moment; a balanced, practical, and a best-suited feasible solution to a problem encountered and further to own the responsibility for its success or failure, as the case may be. Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to think, how to respond, and how to let life in, so it can touch you.
“It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head – it is the unique intersection of both”.
At the end of this write-up we are perhaps left with as many questions as there are answers or more questions still to be answered. It is my conviction that it is better to debate a question without instantly settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Readers are welcome to respond via inderjit.singh@ aviationanalyst.net
Queen Nadia Harihiri
AN EMBODIMENT OF LIGHT AND LOVE
Her Royal Highness Queen Nadia Harihiri, Crowned Her Royal Majesty Queen Aya of the Continent of Africa on 26th October 2019 in a glorious ceremony that took place in Cote D’voire. Her Royal Highness holds the position of Ambassador at Large for UN Affairs at the International Human Rights Commission , IHRC www.ihrchq. org . Arbitration Judge for the Federal Court of Human Rights. She is President of the general planning and European Union of Aider Donner Nourrir (ADN International French NGO) which is a strategic partner of IHRC, Pro-Chancellor of Rockfield College of Sciences and Technology in Switzerland RCST www.rcsedu.ch/prochancellor . An institution known for its innovative academic curriculum , She is President of CID Africa, Honorary President of United Leaders , Board member of GITAC Foundation www. gitac.net/gif.php ….Founder and Executive Chairwoman of the NGO Successworld1
“Let’s look at the success of others as the best expression of ourselves. It cannot be otherwise, let us stop undergoing the tortures of the inferiority complex & cultivating ignorance”
(HRH Nadia Harihiri)
www.successworld1.org.
Global Ambassador at UNNATII - The Upliftment www.unattiifoundation.org.
International Chairperson at African Festival Foundation.
International Executive & Advisory Member of the Governing Council at
College of Health Sciences and Technology www. crownpointcollege.edu.ng.
“ADN is YOU, its Us, United in Universal Consciousness and Divine Love”
(HRH Nadia Harihiri)
Her Royal Highness is in the process of launching Succesworld1 at the International level which is her latest brainchild. Her Majesty advocates for peace, unity and equality for all irrespective of our socio - economic differences, gender, creed,
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colour, race, religion or geographical location.
“Let’s look at the success of others as the best expression of ourselves. It cannot be otherwise, let us stop undergoing the tortures of the inferiority complex & cultivating ignorance”
Her Royal Highness is passionate about providing High quality Free education to all, through Successworld1 and her global partners who have joined hands with her in this time she will be working on
making education, technology and various other opportunity available to all. Creating a global network.
One of the main focuses of Successworld1 is to build villages for the homeless globally, by hosting musical concerts in different countries and locations, to raise funds and create a platform for talented artists to gain recognition, advance in their art and share a positive message with the World. Music is a vehicle that brings unity. By uniting artists across the globe to share a message of hope and peace through their craft we will begin to speak the same language of love.
“The equality of men is confirmed by the red colour of their blood flowing through their veins. Believing in our difference or our superiority is an illusion. Let us respect life as a divine right and inheritance. “(HRH Nadia Harihiri)
(HRH Nadia Harihiri)
“The equality of men is confirmed by the red colour of their blood flowing through their veins. Believing in our difference or our superiority is an illusion. Let us respect life as a divine right and inheritance. “(HRH Nadia Harihiri)
The Queen intends on unifying all the NGO’s who have a mandate to assist humanity so that they can work together to achieve their goals and make a lasting global impact to bring positive change and understanding.
Protecting the vulnerable, giving a voice to those who are not heard and creating a platform where woman have the same opportunities that have only been made available to men due to cultural influences are very close to her heart.
“The body cannot walk with one leg, so why condemn the equality between men and women. This World must restore its balance.” (HRH Nadia Harihiri)
Her Royal Highness supports and sponsors several sports
“We can win all wars with love. To understand what true love is, let us look at the sun which spreads its heat and its light on all, without making any difference or making any judgement” (HRH Nadia Harihiri)
teams. She believes that sports is a vehicle that can bring peace and understanding between people even when they have differences.
She is working on creating Olympic Games for Orphans globally, which will be the first of its kind. Due to the phenomenal impact it will have for these children. She has partnered with some of the biggest names in football and basketball that are more than happy to assist her and the Succesworld1 team to make this a reality.
“We can win all wars with love. To understand what true love is, let us look at the sun which spreads its heat and its
light on all, without making any difference or making any judgement” (HRH Nadia Harihiri)
Her Royal Highness has graced the cover of the FBI Magazine as of the most influential friends of Africa www.paledec/ archives/1490. At the Pan African Summit 2019 Her Royal Highness received an award for the impact she is creating on the continent to provide opportunities within the area of education, human rights, gender equality, various empowerment projects, sport, hydroponics, agricultural projects and food security to name a few. The fight against human trafficking is, rural and infrastructural development.
“This World is only a reflection of our thoughts supported by our emotions. There can be no cause without effect or effect without cause. Every cause begins in us and reflects its effect outside of us. If together we create the idea of peace within us and support it with our faith, we will see peace in this material world. When we realize that this World is only an electromagnetic impulse, we will no longer doubt our ability to create a better World. No one
will dare to violate human rights and peace will prevail.” (HRH Nadia Harihiri)
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, peace will take root in hearts and become an absolute law respected by all.” (HRH Nadia Harihiri)
“Success of the World is Unity” “Let us be One Voice in One Body”
• Royal Majesty Queen Nadia Harihiri Ambassador at Large UN Affairs IHRC
• Arbitration Judge at the Federal Court for International Human Rights
• President & General Planning & European Union of ADN French Diplomatic NGO Founder & Executive
Chairwoman Successworld1
NGO
• Pro Chancellor of Rockfield College of Sciences and Technology President of CID Africa
• Honorary President of United Leaders Board Member of GITAC Foundation
• International Chairlady African Festival Foundation
• International Executive and Advisory Member of the Governing Council of Crown Point International College Global Ambassador at UNNATII - The Upliftment
BIO OF
LADY JOANNE STEWART POWERHOUSE GLOBAL STARS
Lady Joanne Stewart is a professional coach, mentor and professional organiser. Also known professionally as The Life Organiser, Joanne is focused on supporting leaders, entrepreneurs and small businesses. The world around us is stressful, fast paced and confusing and Joanne is passionate in supporting people to make sense of their lives. To find the calm out of the chaos.
Lady Joanne Stewart is a professional coach, mentor and professional organiser. Also known professionally as The Life Organiser, Joanne is focused on supporting leaders, entrepreneurs and small businesses. The world around us is stressful, fast paced and confusing and Joanne is passionate in supporting people to make sense of their lives. To find the calm out of the chaos.
This has never been truer; as we go to publication with this magazine, we are in the midst of a global pandemic and the world is a very unsettling place. More and more top leaders around the world are reaching out to coaches like Joanne to support them through these difficult times. We all need someone trusted to turn to. And this is precisely what she offers –a safe and trusted pair of hands to guide and support her clients.
It can be particularly lonely at the top for professional, successful people. They often have numerous demands on their time, and they are looked to for guidance and strong leadership, and yet who supports them? That is where The
Life Organiser comes in.
Through her work, Joanne helps her clients to find solutions to problems, to organise and structure all aspects of the professional and personal life and to find that much sought-after balance. Perhaps most importantly of all, Joanne supports her clients to organise their minds, to have a healthy and calm mindset, to tackle stress and, of course, to reach their all-important goals. This enables her clients to focus on what they
do best - allowing them to lead and be successful.
“An organised mind is a smart mind” - Lady Joanne Stewart
The measures we use to define success are different for everyone. But one thing remains constant – there will be numerous challenges and obstacles to overcome in order to reach one’s own version of successful. Joanne has faced a lot of adversity in her life, and as a result is an expert in navigating challenges and finding solutions. Through her personal trials and tribulations, to over 30 years of professional experience, there is no challenge that Joanne has backed away from, and she uses her knowledge and expertise to navigate the way for her clients to face all challenges head on too.
So, who is Joanne and what is she all about? Well, beyond being a wife and mother to two adult children, Joanne has invested a great deal in her own journey, in both a private and professional capacity. She has invested in her own growth with academic studies in order to not only be the best she
This photograph shows Joanne about to give a speech in front of 250 people in September 2019. The previous morning, she had a fall which left her with very obvious injuries to her face and generally feeling pretty battered and bruised. Rather than back away from the challenge, she faced it head on, not allowing her injuries to become a barrier. There will always be something ahead of us that is trying to test us, but it is how we deal with it is what is important.
can be, but to enable her to fully support others. She firmly believes that the importance of investing in oneself should never be overlooked.
Joanne already had professional qualifications and skills to her name such as in underwriting, personal and virtual assistant, primary education, behaviour and anger management, professional organising and of course coaching and mentoring. But that wasn’t enough for her. In the last few years alone, Joanne has successfully taken qualifications in Cognitive behavioural Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT), Teaching English as a
Well, beyond being a wife and mother to two adult children, Joanne has invested a great deal in her own journey, in both a private and professional capacity. She has invested in her own growth with academic studies in order to not only be the best she can be, but to enable her to fully support others. She firmly believes that the importance of investing in oneself should never be overlooked.
Foreign Language and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TEFL/TESOL) and Proofreading and Copyediting. She also keeps up to date with her certificates in First Aid and Mental Health First Aid. All of this time and effort invested in studying ensures that Joanne is able to deliver outstanding service to her clients, using these transferable skills, and working at the highest level to support them.
And if that still wasn’t enough, currently she is studying parttime towards a degree in
Criminology and Law – because she thought it might be ‘fun’! Thankfully with all that going on, she is one of the most organised people you will ever come across and her multitasking and organisational skills are on a different level. She is also a published author and public speaker.
Joanne volunteers in the third sector at a non-profit organisation within her local community which tragically has been hit hard by the pandemic, with many of the more vulnerable people in the
Joanne already had professional qualifications and skills to her name such as in underwriting, personal and virtual assistant, primary education, behaviour and anger management, professional organising and of course coaching and mentoring. But that wasn’t enough for her
community unable to receive the help that is vital to them. In addition, an area that she is committed to, is in supporting victims and survivors of domestic violence, rape and sexual abuse. Daily she freely utilises her skills to help and empower women through some of their darkest times, in escaping their abusers, and dealing with the aftermath.
Above all, Joanne is an empathetic person with a big
heart and strives to always be there for others. In the world we live in, our mental health is under constant strain, and Joanne aims to improve people’s lives in whatever way she can. She remains the ultimate professional, whilst delivering her services in a friendly and efficient matter, and she loves creating good relationships with her clients based on mutual respect, trust and importantly fun wherever possible.
Joanne is an empathetic person with a big heart and strives to always be there for others. In the world we live in, our mental health is under constant strain, and Joanne aims to improve people’s lives in whatever way she can. She remains the ultimate professional, whilst delivering her services in a friendly and efficient matter
Lady Joanne Stewart
The Life Organiser - ‘Creating calm out of chaos’
Website - www.thelifeorganiser. com
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin. com/in/thelifeorganiser
Email – thelifeorganiser@ hotmail.com
Phone – 07365 431611
BIO OF VIP MENTOR
GABRIELE SOMMER POWERHOUSE GLOBAL STARS
To be exact, I was born in Germany, near Frankfurt and from an early age I was enthusiastic about sport and winning goals and the success I aspired to, which made my heart beat faster.
My striving for success and the desire to achieve this in harmony with my life made me go many ways of personal development, until I decided
to use my knowledge and my natural spirituality to live it in the material world.
Thus I was able to build up myself a financial sales department with more than
166 employees and to lead it with success, because my credo is: Lead with enthusiasm by showing.
To bring body, mind and soul into balance is one of my missions.
As an entrepreneur and shareholder of a large media publishing house, I have experienced all the ups and downs of life.
These experiences have shaped
Gabriele Sommer possesses the gift of feeling and inspiring people. In this way, she playfully creates the ability to perceive other people’s shares, to read them and to feel and release blockades.
me and motivated me to go abroad for a few years and learn there.
I was in a Tibetan monastery for 5 years to find my inner peace and balance and to recognize and promote my high spirituality.
I was then trained as a coach by Antony Robbins, Richard Brandler, Harve Erker, Robert Grey and other leading experts.
Through these profound trainings and qualifications and my medial talent to touch people with the heart, I became a much valued advisor and coach of executives and public personalities from film, politics and sports. Of course, I do not mention the names of my clients publicly here, because discretion and trust are important assets for my business model.
A true VIP mentor, internationally active and recognized, respected and eloquent, who is not satisfied until her clients arrive at their destination.
the gift of feeling and inspiring people. In this way, she playfully creates the ability to perceive other people’s shares, to read them and to feel and release blockades.
Nothing remains hidden to her that she cannot dissolve and give support.
Customers describe her as unique, spiritual and solutionoriented, emphatic, as a friend and true mentor.
This is exactly what fills Gabriele with joy and gratitude and is her inner drive for top performance.
I love people and I am proud when I can help to realize their goals.
Gabriele Sommer helps you to recognize your “thought creations” and leads you personally to the point where you are the best coach for yourself.
Gabriele Sommer possesses
Through these profound trainings and qualifications and my medial talent to touch people with the heart, I became a much valued advisor and coach of executives and public personalities from film, politics and sports. Of course, I do not mention the names of my clients publicly here, because discretion and trust are important assets for my business model.
She shows you a coaching process that gives you a personal development and gives YOU the freedom to be who you want to be, that activates and inspires all your energies on all levels of your body and awakens your inner power.
In order to be able to be capable in today’s hectic times, especially as a manager or public personality, you must also master the high art of “resilience” in order to have long-term success – Operate THINK HYGIENE
REMOVE MENTAL BLOCKS TO REDUCE YOUR FEARS
Gabriele Sommer shows you how you can quickly and easily learn to trust yourself and follow your inner voice – your so-called intuition. And to be really successful in the long run – your so-called top success!
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR RESULTS ARE PREDICTABLE AND DOABLE?
Gabriele Sommer shows you:
THE NEED TO CONNECT
The search for more… “Hopefully thought provoking for your soul”MEejie
— BY MEEJIE™ CHAPARRO-TRAVERSO, CPC
It seems everyone in our world is obsessed with technology and social media. If you simply scan your surroundings, you see humanity constantly attached to cell phones, computers, iPads, tablets, etc. Phone calls, texting, social media, and overall integration of technology in our lives is not limited to only when we find ourselves in the privacy of our homes. We’re plugged in while we’re in restaurants, parks, schools, work, and sadly, even while driving. And now, due to these unprecedented times of the lashes forced upon us by COVID, the trend appears to be the new norm in business, communication, and in our relationships interaction.
There is a lot of criticism today regarding the excessive use of social media and technology and its alluring and addictive components. Nevertheless, we somehow manage to justify its excessive use as an “urgent need.” We make up excuses and offer justifications to give ourselves permission to connect. We offer numerous reasons why it is acceptable to be “hooked-up” to our phones or other technology deviceswe attach it to work, children, family members,
There is a lot of criticism today regarding the excessive use of social media and technology and its alluring and addictive components. Nevertheless, we somehow manage to justify its excessive use as an “urgent need.”
significant others, school, coaches, anyone, or anything else. Our hook-up is constant.
We succumb and give way to a “false sense of urgency” that takes over our lives and attribute it to tasks and responsibilities we have by convincing ourselves it can’t wait. We do so in order to justify and condone the need we have to be constantly connected.
Social media sites make it so easy and extremely appealing for us to continue. This sharing and engaging in virtual and technological connections is a fast growing trend of our society. This trend speaks volumes about our “innate” need to interact and to carry on relationships with others. Perhaps, the issue at hand, a “ghost-like” issue, is not our addiction to social media and technology but one of more, and one that goes beyond acknowledgement. One that is not seen as an essential need for our emotional and social development as individuals. One that is a basic need, which manifests in every aspect of our lives. The need for healthy, fulfilling and loving relationships.
There are some efforts and movements, which seek to raise awareness regarding the excessive use of social media, smartphones, technology, and the detrimental effects they have on our relationships as they oftentimes can debilitate and discourage face-to-face social interaction. This effort to
Hollywood Times and chosen as a “Phenomenal Woman” 2020 by Phenomenalwoman. org, not for profit organization.
Dr. Babu has spoken at prestigious universities such as Harvard and NYU and has been invited on many radio shows, podcasts, and live global television talk shows throughout her career. She is honored as the Circle of Wise Women for the International Organization; Female Wave of Change & has dedicated her time for a Non-Profit Organization, New American Voters Association (NAVA) in New York as the Director of Leadership Academy. She is an advocate of Gender Based Violence prevention & Women Empowerment. Dr. Babu is “Honorary Life Member” of the globally known ALL Ladies League (ALL), Women Economic Forum and member of WICCI: Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - India’s First National Business Chamber for Women.
She is WHO (World Health Organization) certified for the Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners
Platform to support country preparedness and response.
Dr. Babu is a Medical Physician and has a Doctorate in Natural Medicine and a PHD in Integrative Medicine. She is the curriculum founder and professor of Health Business Entrepreneurship, at the Masters & PHD level at Quantum University, Hawaii USA.
Dr. Babu is a Certified Reiki
Master and a Past Life Regression Therapist trained & certified by internationally renowned Dr. Brian L. Weiss M.D. author of “Many Lives, Many Masters” with the Weiss Institute.
She works at her office in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York & also see her clients virtually worldwide
Website: www.BinduBabu.com
POWERFUL GLOBAL WOMEN FOUNDATION
CHILDREN RETREAT EVENT (12TH SEPTEMBER 2020)
We had various workshops for them during the gathering. We also gave facemasks each child that was in attendance. Over one hundred children attended the event. They were all fed as part of our tradition to do do. A massive thank you to Ross Swan for supporting our mission.
This project was led by our amazing Vice-president (Mrs Josephine Itsuokor).
POWERFUL GLOBAL WOMEN FOUNDATION
COVID-19 PROJECTS
As part of PGWF mission to support more families during this challenged time, we have been able to hold two projects (one in April and the other on 13th July 2020). We distributed food supplies to several families and orphanage homes.
Our team lead by Mrs Josephine Itsuokor (Vice-president of PGWF) made these projects a success. We will continue to reach out to more families through the support of our global partners.
VICE PRESIDENT
MRS JOSPHINE PHILIP ITSUOKOR
Powerful Global Women Foundation (Powerhouse Charity) was founded in 20l6 in Nigeria, West Africa, by Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw. The core objective of this organization is to transform the lives of women and children, through various projects centred around the need of the service group.
In 20l6 Lady Anita single handedly fed over 400 children as part of “project feed l000 children globally”, and held an empowerment conference for the women. Through this project, so many women have gone to do great things with the knowledge they gained from the event.
She recently held a life transforming event for women in Lagos, Nigeria as part of International women’s month celebration 20l8. The turnout was very encouraging. She is working towards supporting more families to keep their children and wards in school through” project back-to-school” starting in September 20l8.
We are seeking for global support from individuals and organisations who would love to be a part of this service to humanity.
To support us, please visit: www.powerhouseglobalwomen.com or email womanthepowerhouse@gmail.com or powerhouseglobalmag@gmail.com
CHARITY PROJECT: As part of our Global Annual commitment, we were able to successfully complete project feed the children 2019 mission. Over 150 children were fed at this year’s event. Powerful Women Global Foundation (PGWF ) is a charity set up by Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw in 2016. The service users are women and children. To support PGWF, please email womanthepowerhouse@gmail.com
