EllenNaylor

Bio

In my 25+ years working in and for corporations, first as an employee and then as a consultant supporting clients' competitive intelligence operations, I have noticed that the focus is too often on process and monitoring the competition using secondary research and the Internet, and increasingly neglects the relationships we must forge with individuals. We become very good at the skill we work in such as law, finance, accounting, marketing, and my area--competitive intelligence. However, many of us have problems with our people skills. We have trouble listening, being heard and taken seriously by the right people in our company. I have a solution for this: cooperative intelligence, which puts people in the center. Its foundation is giving attitudes and practices which encourage openness, sharing and trust. Cooperative intelligence is a holistic solution which blends and integrates leadership, connection and communication to make us stronger individuals regardless of our profession. Find out more at: http://www.thecisource.com/coopintel. Check out my blog at http://cooperativeintelligenceblog.com. I would love to hear from you. I also do competitive intelligence research, help companies develop their competitive intelligence operations and coach people, give CI workshops and do win/loss analysis and trade show collection. I am working on getting certified as an EQ mentor so I should become a better listener. I grew up in Yokohama, Japan so have a multi-cultural bent and really enjoy people.