DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Uber CEO: This 'underappreciated skill' separates highly successful leaders from most people
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Khosrowshahi explained: "There are all kinds of courses on executive leadership, and I still haven't seen a course on listening. "Listening is such an underappreciated skill," the 54-year-old executive said Wednesday during an event for industry leaders hosted by GE in New York City. If you ask Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the C-Suite skill that matters most isn't decisiveness or the ability to command a room — it's being a good listener. This isn't the first time Khosrowshahi has underscored listening as a critical leadership skill. "Few people know how to be fully present in a conversation and respond thoughtfully to what another person is saying," Sarkis added.

Persons: Khosrowshahi, Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, Jim Farley, it's, you've, Barry Diller, he's, Diller, Sarah Sarkis, Sarkis Organizations: GE, Ford, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, CNBC Locations: New York City

☆ Psychologist: The No. 1 soft skill highly successful people use at work—‘It’s like having a superpower’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Millionaires and CEOs alike tout the importance of being productive, organized and grinding 24/7 to build a successful career. While this might be true, there's a different skill that gives successful people a competitive edge in the workplace — being a good listener, says Sarah Sarkis, a psychologist and Exos' senior director of performance psychology. "Few people know how to be fully present in a conversation and respond thoughtfully to what another person is saying," Sarkis adds. But sometimes this very style of listening is why your conversations, your negotiations and your conflicts go sideways." Here, the performance psychologist offers three strategies for becoming a better listener at work:

Persons: Sarah Sarkis, Exos, Sarkis Organizations: NFL, Fortune, Intel, Humana Locations: Exos

☆ Psychologist shares the No. 1 exercise highly successful people use to be happier
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Just like you wouldn't burn through your whole paycheck on payday, you shouldn't use all of your energy every day. Sarkis helps train NFL players, executives at Fortune 100 companies like Intel and Humana, and other professionals how to thrive in high-pressure environments. To her, the most common cause of burnout, even among the highly successful people she works with, is poor energy management. Run your account into the negatives, and you'll quickly deplete your energy supply or shut down completely, she adds. According to Sarkis, the best strategy to stave off burnout and become a happier, more focused person is creating an "energy budget."

☆ The No. 1 habit that sets successful people apart from everyone else, says psychologist: It's a 'nonnegotiable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The path to success is often paved with grit and exertion — at least, that's what we're told. While this might be true, exertion isn't what sets high achievers apart from everyone else — recovery is, says Sarah Sarkis, a psychologist and Exos' senior director of performance psychology. "We mistakenly associate success with constantly having our foot on the gas, and we have complicated feelings when it's not on the gas," Sarkis explains. "We think we're lazy, unfocused or undisciplined when none of that is true." But, the people who prioritize rest are the ones who are "at the top of their game" and "the happiest."

Search resuls for: "Sarah Sarkis"

4 mentions found