EI Blog – The Emotional Intelligence Blog

Building High Performance Teams – Coping with Frustration

Август 28, 2018

Building high-performance teams requires a wealth of leadership skills and depth of self-perception that not all of us possess, often leading to frustration at the poor performance of your team. For example: What does it really mean when you feel frustrated with your team? Are they just poor performers? Does HR need to “get a…

Effective Leadership Qualities – Taking Things Personally, Feedback & Self-Improvement

Август 22, 2018

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While it may not be much fun, receiving and accepting feedback is critical to self-improvement and is a key component of emotional intelligence in the workplace. “Don’t take it personally” is a fairly common piece of advice, although it is rarely helpful. People with different types of personalities perceive work situations with different emotional dynamics.…

Best Leadership Skills — Reality Testing as a Workplace Tool

Август 14, 2018

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One of the best leadership skills you can possess is to consistently live in the real world; to be able to clearly distinguish objective reality from your subjective perspective or impressions. A powerful tool for doing this is known as reality testing, which can be defined as: the objective evaluation of our internal interpretation of…

Effective Leadership Qualities – Mindfulness as a Leadership Skill

Август 7, 2018

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There is a growing amount of research-based evidence that mindfulness enhances the qualities that are essential to Emotional Intelligence (EI), which may also lead to an increase in effective leadership qualities. How is this possible? Of course, as mindfulness has become more popular as a treatment for a diverse set of physical and emotional conditions,…

Decision Making – Prediction and Judgment Based on Reality

Июль 31, 2018

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According to an article at the Harvard Business Review, good decision making requires a sense of two things: “How different choices change the likelihood of different outcomes and how desirable each of those outcomes is. In other words… decision making requires both prediction and judgment.” Of course, this presupposes that your decision-making process is reality-based…

Stress Management Tips – Managing Stress Through Flexible Leadership

Июль 24, 2018

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Here is another in our series of posts outlining stress management tips; for everyday living and for team leaders who struggle to cope with stress in a fast-paced workplace. Now that we’ve clued you in on our tips for tolerating stress, it’s time to talk about managing stress; the steps you can take to avoid…

Better Business Relationships – Learn to Be a Leader, Not “The Boss”

Июль 17, 2018

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Here is another hard truth about leadership and building better business relationships: Seeking recognition as “The Boss” is usually a function of either fear or ego (or both); each of which inhibit your ability to be an effective leader. We’ve all worked with such a person – well, FOR such a person – because “with”…

Stress Management Tips – Accepting Stress

Июль 10, 2018

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This is the first in a series of posts outlining stress management tips; for everyday living and for team leaders who struggle to cope with stress in a fast-paced workplace. Everyone experiences stress – everyone. In fact, it is the very nature of life that we all experience things which cause us stress. So, the…

Emotional Intelligence Test – What’s the Point?

Июнь 19, 2018

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An emotional intelligence test, also known as an emotional intelligence assessment, can have great value as an indicator – if not a predictor – of human performance and development potential. While not the sole indicator or predictor of these vital qualities, being able to measure your emotional and social skills offers powerful hints about the…