How to Love Your Flaws

This is true and would have been embarrassing if I hadn’t learned something. I missed the plane. I am blessed and cursed by high levels of attention and focus. In this instance I was traveling to a client 3 hours away and was waiting to board my flight in the first row by the attendant […]

Focus on EQ to Improve Workplace Communication

During hiring, training and team development, you are likely  measuring your team members’ hard skills. If you overlook one important soft skill, however, your team might fail to communicate effectively causing conflict or confusion. Hard skills, such as efficiently using the company’s software programs, are easy to track through tests and are important for an […]

Women and Emotional Intelligence Excellence

Emotional intelligence. Is it an under deployed leadership trait? Is it a skill that a conscious leader brings to the table? Should it be considered criteria for selecting and advancing new leaders? These are good questions. When addressed in leadership selection and advancement criteria, the impact of training and advancing Emotionally Intelligent leaders with the […]

Leading on an Emotional Level

Emotional intelligence is an often overlooked leadership trait. It is the ability to identify and assess your own emotions and the emotions and feelings of those around you. Leading on an emotional level means that you understand how your words and actions affect others.  Emotionally intelligent leaders understand how to overcome stress and help others […]

Replace a Cut-Throat Work Culture with an Empathetic Culture To Spark Engagement

When you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you understand their situation, feelings, and motives. That’s empathy…and today’s corporations, leaders, and employees seem to come up short on this basic soft skill.   Empathy is a skill important to building good workforce relationships. When individuals are empathetic, they recognize emotions being experienced by another, […]