We are very excited to announce our first breakout session speaker for the IGNITE Conference. Vicky Scott! 


Vicky Scott is the president of Masterpiece Consulting and Coaching, LLC and serves as the chair of Chief Executive and Key Executive peer groups for Vistage International. Her executive coaching and consulting specialties include business and leadership coaching for small to mid-sized businesses, strategic planning facilitation and implementation of the Traction/Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) business model, as well as delivery of soft-skills and leadership training programs. Ms. Scott holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University, a BS in Mathematics and a BA in Business from Oklahoma Baptist University, and a Graduate-level Certificate in Professional and Executive Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas. She holds PCC coaching credentials through the International Coach Federation.


Vicky's Breakout session topic is: Increasing your Emotional Intelligence
The type of intelligence with increasing value in the workplace is emotional intelligence (EI) - the intelligence of controlling emotions, having empathy, and handling stress. According to a CareerBuilder survey, over 1 in 3 hiring managers placed increased importance on EI in their hiring and promoting decisions. For 71%, EI was more important than IQ and 59% went as far as to say that they would not hire someone a low EI. This presentation will enable you to understand the sources of emotional intelligence, learn how to keep emotions in check, and build relationships based on empathy. As a result, you’ll be able to make more thoughtful decisions, show grace under pressure, resolve conflict effectively, and have increased attentiveness to your own emotions and the emotions of others.