Companies place a lot of value on the abilities and skills employees bring to the workplace, but it’s important that we focus on being human as well. People naturally desire to connect and interact with other members of their teams, and successful businesses have figured out they must have employees who not only bring
One in four (25%) U.K. business leaders says that emotional intelligence (EQ) is undervalued in the hiring process, according to research by recruitment firm Robert Half U.K. This is despite the majority of businesses (60%) reporting it as a very important skill for their employees. The study was based on more than 400 interviews
via Gfycat Do you have three seconds to become more emotionally intelligent? Humans are reactive and emotional creatures by nature. This means that in the stress of a workplace we often find ourselves in emotionally charged situations. Becoming more flexible and insightful when we encounter these moments will not only improve our work
As a leader, you do your best to make your team work: you keep them focused and working towards their objectives, managing their workloads, and reporting up the ladder their successes towards strategic initiatives. But it takes more than closely controlled timelines that get deliverables done on schedule. Consider the emotional work of leadership.
Four foundations of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence, or “the capacity to reason about emotions and emotional information, and of emotions to enhance thought,” is important for understanding our own and others' emotions so that we can improve interpersonal relationships (Mayer, 2009). Have you ever allowed yourself to get worked up in a meeting and then regretted yelling at
When you meet someone, it's often easy to tell if they're emotionally intelligent simply by their vibe and how they carry themselves. Folks with high emotional intelligence tend to have several habits in common, all of which add up to make them easy to get along with. These traits also tend to earn them all sorts of