The Emotional Intelligence of Contrary Combinations: The Doublechecker-Politician
As I have blogged earlier we should consider our temperament as a web with seven strands. Each strand represents one of the seven Humm components. We have all seven strands in our personality but some are stronger than others. Typically for most of us two strands are stronger than average, three are around average and two are weaker than average. What makes for interesting combinations is when the two stronger strands are antagonistic. For example take a temperament where the two stron.....
Read MoreHow important is emotional intelligence in your staff?
There is an interesting discussion going on in LinkedIn on “How important is emotional intelligence in your staff?” It is in the Small Business Evolution – Entrepreneurs & SMEs group and started by Alina Vrable. There is no question that it is important for a manager to have staff that are high in emotional intelligence. People drive performance; emotions drive people. However far more important is to have a methodology that the manager can use to lift the EQ of his or her staff. I be.....
Read MorePractical Emotional Intelligence
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is. While reading the latest edition of Company Director I came across a new phrase — practical wisdom. Typically when organisations want to improve performance, management typically chooses one of two tools. One is to introduce new procedures and processes that that tell employees what to do and monitor their performance to make sure they are doing it. The other is to introduce incentives that encourage good perf.....
Read MoreDoes Intuition equal Emotional Intelligence?
There was an interesting article by Sarina Russo in the Weekend Australian (25/1/14) Extra sense that gives women an edge where she argues that emotional intelligence is equal to intuition. Sarina defines emotional intelligence as the capacity to recognise an opportunity and act on your gut feeling, even when you're inundated with facts, figures and adverse advice. Sarina also argues that while men possess emotional intelligence, women use it much more effectively. I have frequently heard speak.....
Read MoreChris Golis - Author
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Your presentation on 'Lifting your Level of Emotional Intelligence" to 10 CEOs scored an average 8.9 out of 10 for the topic and 8.5 for the presentation which is great. A couple of the attendees gave you a 10 out of 10, and the comments were:
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- made me think.
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