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