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Using Emotional Intelligence and Behavioral Styles To Up Your Coaching Game

Not only must successful HR professionals excel in individual performance coaching, but they must also be able to guide those who manage others into best coaching practices as well.  Even the most well intended coaching often fails to drive lasting behavior change when it does not consider the impact of two critical areas of people behavior: Emotional Intelligence and Behavioral Styles.  

This one-hour workshop will lay the foundation for a successful coaching session using both emotional intelligence and behavioral style concepts from both the perspective of the coach and the person being coached! 

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand how and when performance coaching can be utilized to facilitate a change in performance or behavior, 

• Explore the science of how the brain responds to traditional coaching, 

• Discuss the four components of Emotional Intelligence and how they enable performance coaching,  

• Provide a foundation for utilizing behavioral styles (specifically DISC) in the coaching process.  

Mike Van Rensselaer is vice president of sales enablement at Bank Independent, a regional bank located in North Alabama.  Bank Independent operates 29 traditional sales offices across 7 counties and a digital branch that serves customers across the country.  Managing over $2 billion in assets and employing over 600 employees, Bank Independent is committed to investing back into the communities they serve.

Mike joined Bank Independent in 2007 bringing extensive human resource, sales and management experience.   He previously served as the bank’s vice president of learning and development.  In his current role, his focus is on maximizing the effectiveness of sales team members as well as aligning sales goals with the strategic plan across the organization.

Mike is passionate about helping people grow, and particularly enjoys partnering with people through self-discovery conversations using assessments such as DISC, Motivators, Hartman Value Profile, and Emotional Intelligence Surveys.  

Mike earned his M.B.A. and B.S. in Finance & Economics from the University of North Alabama.  He is the Founding President of the Shoals Chapter –SHRM, and a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).  Mike lives in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with his wife, two children, and his dog ‘Sonny’.