Sharon A. Kuhn is an Emotional Intelligence Trainer who coaches executives and leaders in optimizing their own and their teams’ unique potential. She is the author of Empathy: A Guide to Maximizing Human Potential where she introduces the idea of Unique EQ. Sharon is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and is certified in the Working Genius Assessment, an affiliate of Table Group Consulting.

Highlights: * Sharon shares the brain science that gives us our sense of self-esteem and what she means by Unique EQ. * When we can share with people states of mind or reflect their state of mind, that releases oxytocin and causes them to feel more confident. * We are all trying to gather the strength that we have within to interpret other people and to be seen and interpreted by them. * When Sharon works with teens in corporate, people are often reticent about looking at the internal issues. * Emotion is a physical response to an internal or external stimulus. * What the body wants most is the feeling of connection. Relationship is our drug of choice. * Love is the most powerful thing that we can use to help people move forward. * Your empathy releases brain chemicals of belonging in the other person. * When someone else is feeling our feelings, they are, in effect managing our stress. * As a leader, I can feel people’s emotions, but I don’t get sucked into their feelings. I’m able to stay true to myself. * There are logical ways of coordinating with others so we are emotionally synchronistic. * The more we understand ourselves, the less fearful we are. * Sharon talks about reflective listening and mirroring. * We must experience the chemicals of connection in order to thrive and survive. * The feedback that we get from one another is shaping our brains daily. * The brain often becomes disorganized as a result of confusing experiences. * The more we identify with each other, the more we draw out our true self.

Links: Sharon’s site

Sharon’s Book: Empathy: A Guide to Maximizing Human Potential