Chamber Business Speaker Series June 2024

Description

Join the Chamber for a Topic Discussion on "Leading with Emotional Intelligence" with guest speaker Leo Gilroy the Director of Leadership and Organizational Development at NEPIRC. 

June 12, 2024
11:45 - 1:00pm
At Chamber Office (511 Mile Road, Tunkhannock, PA)
$10.00 lunch included

"Leading with Emotional Intelligence" is a leadership approach that emphasizes the importance of understanding and managing emotions—both one's own and those of others—in order to lead effectively. Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. 

When leaders possess high emotional intelligence, they are better equipped to handle the complexities of the workplace, manage stress, foster a positive work environment, and inspire and motivate their teams. This leadership style can lead to improved collaboration, higher employee engagement, and better overall organizational performance.

MEET LEO:

Leo joined NEPIRC in 2004 as a Project Manager in the Business Growth Services group. Leo’s career encompasses over twenty years of diverse industrial and DoD experience with professional positions in engineering, product/business development, marketing and sales. He is highly experienced in building relationships, understanding customer requirements and leading teams to meet common objectives. Additionally, Leo has extensive international marketing and sales experience that includes working with organizations in Europe, the Far East and Southeast Asia. Leo’s area of responsibility includes Strategic Planning (Balanced Scorecard), Innovation Engineering and Leadership Development. His goal is to help manufacturers create a sustainable competitive advantage by developing highly differentiated, value-added new products.

Leo graduated from Temple University, where he obtained a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Additionally, Leo graduated magna cum laude from the University of Scranton, with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Leo recently completed Executive Education at Wharton Business School.

“Today, the only way to have an advantage is through innovation. There has to be a strategic vision within which you are innovating. A company has to have something distinctive at the end of the day that it is reinforcing.” – Michael E. Porter, Harvard Business School – The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.