In two weeks' time, I will be celebrating my 6th month of recovery from a brain tumour. While the number does not suggest a long duration, the whole ordeal compounded with emotional stress has certainly made it feel like an eternity.
Last time, we overviewed resilience and proposed a multi-pronged response involving mental toughness, emotional self-awareness and volitional decisiveness as key to developing resilience. We also proposed emotional self-awareness as a starting point, since without the acknowledgement of stress, resilience strategies and other effective responses will not be deployed. Here are 5 steps to take: Acknowledge
Have you ever experienced anything like this? Tom’s colleagues have started to side-line him ever since he raised a question about a popular proposal which favoured an influential segment of the company. A senior colleague seems to be playing a political game with Tom, maintaining a cordial front but insinuating his incompetence and lack of cooperation
What’s the difference between a good manager and a great manager? It’s not where they went to school or what they learned. It’s not even their experience or resume. The real difference that separates highly effective leaders from from the pack are the daily habits and routines that they practice. In fact, study after study
The reasons for building a strong employee development program are simple and obvious. Recruiting costs in high-skill, high-demand professions are becoming increasingly exorbitant. In-demand talent is being pulled in a hundred directions, and difficult to find and entice. Outside talent won’t be familiar with your organization’s operations and will take time to acclimatize.
We spend a lot of time talking about how emotional intelligence is a teachable skill. In fact, one of the advantages of taking EQ assessments is to understand where your biggest opportunities for improvement are. What a lot of EQ experts don’t talk about, however, is what to expect from emotional intelligence training. What is