Finding People Who Grow Your Ecosystem
Steve GoodnerPublished on: 06/08/2026
Hiring for fit, growth potential, and emotional intelligence is hiring for what someone will become inside your ecosystem.
Organizational Optimization
EQFIT® Blog
Steve Goodner
Culture Isn’t a Poster on the Wall
Steve GoodnerPublished on: 06/08/2026
Culture is the set of behaviors your people learn are safe to do — and the set they learn are not safe to do — by watching what actually happens, especially when you are not in the room.
Organizational Optimization
Social Skills: The Currency That Scales Everything Else
Steve GoodnerPublished on: 05/26/2026
The temperature of an entire company is set by the social skill of the person at the top of it. Social skills, at the top of an organization, are the climate the rest of the building learns to live in.
Organizational Optimization
Empathy in Business: Your Most Undervalued Competitive Advantage
Steve GoodnerPublished on: 05/18/2026
Empathy is the capacity to read another human being accurately enough to respond in a way that actually helps. The empathy gap is one of the most expensive line items on most small business income statements.
Leadership Development