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4 Basic Skills of Emotional Intelligence that Can Make or Break Your Career

Women on Business

Either way, emotional intelligence can affect your career. John Keyser of Common Sense Leadership defines emotional intelligence on The Glass Hammer blog as thatsomethingwithin us that helps us sense how we feel, enables us to sympathize with others, and gives us the ability to listen to other people when they need it.

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How to be a Damn Good Developmental Manager

Great Leadership By Dan

Have you ever worked for a manager that consistently helped you learn new skills and develop? A manager that took an interest in your career, challenged you to be your best, and believed in your potential to grow? That’s the kind of manager that most employees want to work for. OK, so when are we going to get to the pragmatic “hows”?

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The Best Kind of Accountability Coach

Your Voice of Encouragement

And then he used a phrase to describe me that I cherish to this day: VELVET HAMMER I pride myself on speaking the truth to people, but I try to do it gently, to maintain the other person’s dignity and self-esteem. Who would make the best “velvet hammer” for you? Someone who will be honest with you.

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The Future Of Work Post-Covid

The Horizons Tracker

. “By 2023, organizations that have acquired deep skills and expertise in deploying AI into mission-critical business processes will be well-positioned to outperform, while those that are still struggling to make meaningful progress will be also-rans,” the authors warn. Redesigning the business.

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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

We do this by developing awareness, skills and capability at an individual, business and organisation level. I have been a leader throughout my whole career which started in late teens when I was fortunate enough to be provided with an opportunity to participate in a two-year supervisor traineeship with a large retailer in Adelaide.

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Stop Using the Excuse “Organizational Change Is Hard”

Harvard Business Review

For example, when participants in one of the studies were presented with a season’s worth of statistics for a star athlete who had logged worse numbers than usual, the participants were quick to conclude that the player’s career had begun an irreversible downward spiral. Couldn’t we do the same?

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5 Ways Smart People Sabotage Their Success

Harvard Business Review

He’s done well in his career, but when he checks Facebook, he sees people he outperformed at school who have now achieved more. Smart people sometimes devalue other skills, like relationship building, and over-concentrate on intellect. Therefore they don’t invest time and effort in developing these skills.