Andres Lares Of Shapiro Negotiations Institute: Emotional Intelligence; What It Is, Why It Is So Essential, And How We Can Increase It

An Interview With Ben Ari

Be empathic at least once daily — an example would be when someone tells you about something terrible that happened, be entirely focused on listening to them, putting yourself in their shoes, and imagining what it would be like to be in their place. No solutions, no judgment.

As a part of our series about “Emotional Intelligence, I had the pleasure of interviewing Andres Lares.

Andres Lares is the Managing Partner at SNI, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the global training and consulting firm. He previously served in the role of Chief Innovation Officer until 2017. His multi-disciplinary and lingual skills broaden SNI’s ability to effectively teach and consult in various industries, languages, and cultures. Andres’ expertise is in deal coaching live negotiations and has focused on sports clients such as the San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns, Milwaukee Brewers, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Brooklyn Nets. He also works…