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We'd like to introduce you to Insights, our new monthly opt-in email digest designed to cut through the clutter with quick and useful information that can help your leaders lead, sellers sell, and business flourish.  If you'd like to continue to receive Insights, subscribe here! Future editions will only be shared with you if you choose to opt in.

Here are this month's Insights:

1. Do you know your EQ?

EQ can be more important than IQ, especially for business leaders. We've partnered with the makers of BlueEQ™, the emotional intelligence self assessment, to offer a FREE trial exclusively from Advantage that can help you strengthen your EQ.

Time required: 20 minutes for 150 rapid reponse questions
Takeaway: Your EQ scores across 5 skills and 25 dimensions. A color-coded heat map helps you identify any weak spots and BlueEQ offers specific suggestions on how to improve. There is no cost or obligation.

2. Get your 2016 strategy deployment toolkit

It's not too late to set your course for success in 2016. We’ve put together a great free toolkit with our thought leader partner Root, Inc.

• Solution Sheet — Strategic Learning Map® Modules
• White Paper — Creating a Company of Owners
• White Paper — Setting Business Priorities: The Six Most Important Responsibilities for the Leadership Team
• Point-of-View Paper — Five Fundamental Truths of Corporate Strategy Execution
• Watercooler Sketch Activity — Strategy Activation Needs Great Communication

3. Attend our live event 

If you live near Saint Louis, you're in luck! We're offering a brand new complimentary event there in March. First, a story:

In his autobiography, Nelson Mandela tells of boarding a plane in Africa following his release from 28 years of imprisonment. The pilot was a black African. Mandela describes how he was frightened and nervous with a black African at the controls. The man who served decades in prison as an anti-apartheid revolutionary, who fought against racism and negative stereotypes his entire life, was experiencing the very thing he spoke out against. When he examined his fears, he realized he had internalized negative stereotypes of black incompetence.

Even if we don’t realize it, we all have internalized negative stereotypes. Studies of brain function show that these biases operate in our unconscious. Left alone, they can bypass our logical thinking and impact how we act. 

To help organizations raise awareness and minimize the negative impact of unconscious bias, Advantage thought leader partner Root has developed a 2.5-hour interactive workshop. We invite you to participate.

Understand your biases to become a better leader
Unconscious Bias workshop - March 11, 2016 in Saint Louis

• Learn to recognize your own unconscious biases
• Understand the impact those biases have on others
• Develop strategies to handle those biases to better manage others
• Minimize the dysfunctional impact of unconscious bias

4. Looking ahead

We've got something especially exciting and new we'll be launching in March. Here's a hint: When does 1+1=3? Get a head start by checking out Liz Wiseman's bestselling book: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. You won't want to miss it!

Thank you for looking at our first edition of Insights. We hope you'll opt for more!

Have a great day!