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June 20, 2022

Travis Bradberry

Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Leadership /

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, clearly among the greatest leaders of our time, had different childhoods, different experiences, different struggles, and different goals. Yet both had a transformational impact upon those around them. What sets these two men apart as leaders? Transformational leadership. Unlike the traditional, dogmatic transactional leader or the hands-off…

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Travis Bradberry

Increasing Your Salary with Emotional Intelligence

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Know anyone who wants to make more money? They’ll have to get in line. I think we’d all be hard-pressed to find a coworker, family member or friend who wouldn’t like to make more money. The trouble with earning more money is that it often requires a great sacrifice. With a higher salary come the…

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EI in Action

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Step By Step

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Emotional intelligence (EQ) is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships. Research with more than 500,000 people worldwide has shown that: 90% of top performers are high in EQ. EQ is responsible for 58% of job performance, yet…

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Team Collaboration

How to Address the Elephant in the Room

Leave a Comment / Emotional Conversations, Leadership, Productivity & Performance, Team Collaboration /

There you are, just sitting in the conference room minding your own business and waiting for the meeting to start. Then in it comes—a gray 10,000-pound trunk-swinging monstrosity. To your dismay, it plants itself firmly in the center of the room. The meeting begins as expected, but everyone’s attention is drawn to the unwelcome centerpiece….

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Dr. Jean Greaves

Responding with Emotional Intelligence When Your Values Are Violated

Leave a Comment / Beliefs & Values, Well-Being /

In TalentSmartEQ’s emotional intelligence (EQ) training programs, we often get questions about beliefs. People want to know whether a person’s beliefs play a role in their EQ. Here’s how to think about this important question. We typically uphold beliefs as absolute truths, whether or not they can be proven. One employee may believe that “everyone…

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Dr. Jean Greaves

How Do You Stack Up? EQ Trends by Industry

Leave a Comment / Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Productivity & Performance /

Rolling Stones guitarist Bill Wyman was once asked, “What is the question you get asked the most?” Wyman replied, “That’s the question I get asked the most.” At TalentSmartEQÂź, the question we get asked the most is simple: “What is considered ‘normal’?” The question is usually phrased, “What are the average emotional intelligence scores in…

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Why Your Coworkers Lack Emotional Intelligence

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If you are an emotionally intelligent manager, you work hard to have good relationships with your direct reports and are rewarded by your employer for doing so. You pick up on the moods of your people, and you’ve mastered the art of using your team’s collective feelings—both the sour and the irrationally exuberant—to create positive…

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Dr. Jean Greaves

How Emotional Intelligence Boosts Sales

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Four old friends head to dinner at their favorite restaurant to celebrate. After they consume their selections, with laughter and raised voices, the waiter heads over to clear the empty plates. Smiling as he catches the friends’ heightened mood, he offers to show them the evening’s desserts. One friend says, “Absolutely! Let’s keep the celebration…

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Nick Tasler

Ace Your Performance Review with Emotional Intelligence

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  By Nick Tasler, M.S. It’s no secret that job seekers will find slim pickings in their search for gainful employment in 2009. Layoff rates aren’t slowing, and there are already more people competing for fewer open jobs than in any time in recent history. Faced with these odds, the best way to position yourself…

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