8 Great Tricks For Reading People’s Body Language
Body language provides an amazing amount of information on what other people are thinking if you know what to look for.
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8 Small Things People Use To Judge Your Personality
The human brain is hardwired to judge. This survival mechanism makes it very hard to meet someone without evaluating and interpreting their behavior.
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Emotionally Intelligent Arguing
Arguments, disagreements, and differences of opinion in their various forms are unavoidable facts of life. Our inability to see eye-to-eye is so central to the human condition that some clashes stem from our physiology more than our free will. A study published this month in Current Biology that was conducted by the University College London…
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10 Habits of Ultra-Likable Leaders
If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likeable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of
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7 Things That Make Great Bosses Unforgettable
Some bosses are harder to forget than others. While bosses can be unforgettable because they make life miserable, the most memorable bosses stick with us because they change us for the better.
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7 Things Great Listeners Do Differently
Listening is a bit like intelligence—most everyone thinks they’re above average, even though that’s impossible.And listening is a skill you want to be great at. A recent study conducted at George Washington University showed that listening can influence up to 40% of a leader’s job performance.
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12 Habits of Genuine People
There’s an enormous amount of research suggesting that emotional intelligence (EQ) is critical to your performance at work. TalentSmartEQ has tested the EQ of more than a million people and found that it explains 58% of success in all types of jobs. People with high EQs make $29,000 more annually than people with low EQs….
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Emotional Intelligence – Myths & Misconceptions
The study and practice of emotional intelligence isn’t new. Daniel Goleman’s seminal work came out in 1995. However, with a newfound focus in 2022 on what it means to be human at work, there is a lot being written and discussed and we thought it might be helpful to dispel some myths and misconceptions about…
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The Case for Team Emotional Intelligence (Team EQ)
As organizations increasingly invest in emotional intelligence (EQ) skills training, what should they do about this important fact? The bulk of work at organizations is done by teams, and teams are made up of people with varying levels of emotional intelligence. The answer is clear: Offer your teams the opportunity to develop emotional intelligence skills…
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10 High EQ Ways to Check in on a Struggling Coworker
The bad news about checking in remotely is that the environment is less under her control. When she calls Monty up, distractions are more likely, their usual shared meal or coffee is an impossibility, and a conversation-conducive location is no longer a given. The good news is that these elements are all secondary to Jeannine’s…
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