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Emotional Intelligence and Job Function

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Financial Services, Productivity & Performance, Sales, Team Collaboration / Travis Bradberry

The Technical Manual for the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal reveals interesting findings from a study of more than 13,000 individuals worldwide. Employees from various job functions, in different organizations and countries, were asked to evaluate their emotional intelligence by answering 28 questions. Job functions included sales, marketing, finance, operations, customer service, human resources, information technology (IT), engineering,…

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Why Emotional Intelligence Can Save Your Life?

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Employee Engagement, Human-Centric Approach, Team Collaboration / Travis Bradberry

Why focus on emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the “something” in each of us that affects how we manage behavior, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions that achieve positive results. It is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your…

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9 Skills You Should Learn That Pay Dividends Forever

Leave a Comment / Active Listening, Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Productivity & Performance, Well-Being / Travis Bradberry

The further along you are in your career, the easier it is to fall back on the mistaken assumption that you’ve made it and have all the skills you need to succeed.

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8 Great Tricks For Reading People’s Body Language

Leave a Comment / Active Listening, Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions / Travis Bradberry

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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How To Break A Bad Habit—For Good

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Resilience, Well-Being / Travis Bradberry

Have you ever tried to break a bad habit, only to give up in frustration? The problem isn’t that you’re weak or that the bad habit is too ingrained; in all likelihood, you just gave up too soon. Researchers at University College, London, found that it takes 66 days for a new habit to form….

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How the US Air Force Saves $190 Million By Screening Applicants’ Emotional Intelligence

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Employee Hiring & Retention, Military / Travis Bradberry

Not too long ago, the US Air Force had a massive problem on its hands. Their primary salesforce—civilian recruiters—were turning over at an annual rate of 35%.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Step By Step

Leave a Comment / Corporate Culture, Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions / Travis Bradberry

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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Why Your Coworkers Lack Emotional Intelligence

Leave a Comment / Corporate Culture, Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Leadership / Travis Bradberry

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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How Emotional Intelligence Boosts Sales

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Sales / Dr. Jean Greaves

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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Ace Your Performance Review with Emotional Intelligence

Leave a Comment / Emotional Intelligence Strategies & Solutions, Productivity & Performance / Nick Tasler

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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