Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D. Corporate Therapist, Clinical Psychotherapist is seen in her home office.JENNIFER ROBERTS
How can your business harness the collective strengths of your employees? What motivates different personalities in the workplace?
Your Business, the Globe and Mail's site for entrepreneurs, partnered with Direct Engagement Show to host a one-hour webcast on 'Developing business emotional intelligence for competitive advantage.'
Featured guest Dr. Anne Dranitsaris is a corporate therapist and co-founder of StrivingStyles.com. She also regularly contributes to O magazine and is the rumoured protégé of Oprah Winfrey. She spoke about her method of assessing distinct personality styles centred on meeting innate predominant needs.
Angela Coke, associate deputy minister of HR Ontario and chair of the Public Service Commission, will offer a government lens on motivation, while Sean Samson, VP for Kinross mining company, provided a private sector perspective.
These three guests, along with Globe editor Katherine Scarrow and CanadaOne.com managing editor Julie King took part in a live discussion to discuss how businesses can understand what motivates different personalities and to help workers achieve their maximum potential.
Short clips will be posted in the days following the event.