We are constantly bombarded with opportunities – good opportunities. In isolation, they seem feasible and even fun, but when we start to think about them in the context of everything we say is important or essential, we suddenly have WAY too much to do any given day, week, month or year. Something has to give […]
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How many times have you been in a group or a meeting and were confused about why you were there or who was supposed to do what? Or perhaps you are in a job and there is no formal job description? Have you found that your team or group is just doing a lot of
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Working in teams can be both energizing and challenging. One of the greatest challenges comes when you are making decisions. Who really decides? Do we need to have consensus? Does the group need to agree on every decision or just major ones? Is it possible to move forward together when most people agree and a
We all get stuck. It may be in the middle of a project, a manuscript, a meeting or a presentation. It may be something we have done before or something that is completely new. We may have prepared and planned for months and thought we had it all figured out or it may be something
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Today’s Emotional Intelligence focus area, Relationship Management, builds on the other concepts we have discussed over the past three weeks, including: Self Awareness, Self Management and Social Awareness. One of the potential pitfalls of this area, if not done with the right intent, is that it comes across as manipulative. Join me as we talk
Managing not manipulating relationships Read More »
Hopefully, you are becoming more Self Aware and Self Managed. The next step in your Emotional Intelligence journey is to improve your Social Awareness. Basically, it’s about paying attention to others and responding proactively and positively.
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Once you have worked on developing Self Awareness, Self Management is the next place to focus. Self Management is one of the most easily observable Emotional Intelligence concepts. You know it when you see it and you definitely know it when you don’t! The lack of Self Management is what usually gets the most attention.
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Self Awareness is both foundational to Emotional Intelligence (EI) AND very difficult to achieve. It’s easy for us to think about ourselves, but it’s not so easy for us to really reflect in such a way that we know who we are and how we are perceived by those around us. As a matter of
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Last week, we talked about the characteristics of an “Ideal Team Player“. One of those characteristics is being “people smart” which is very connected to the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). High levels of EI are critically important for leaders and followers, and is essential in helping people work better together.
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As I mentioned last week, I am reading more again. One of the books I just finished, thanks to a friend’s recommendation, was Patrick Lencioni’s, The Ideal Team Player. He lays out a pretty simple framework to what it takes to be an “ideal team player” and I think he’s come up with some good
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