Weâve all heard the adage, âPeople donât leave bad jobs; they leave bad bosses.â It makes great fodder for after-work gripe sessions, but is there really any data to back the claim up? As it turns out, thereâs a ton. In one study, 61% of those working for bad bosses said they were looking for […]
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When emotional intelligence (EQ) first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into the broadly held assumption that IQ was the sole source of success. Decades of research now
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The study and practice of emotional intelligence isnât new. Daniel Golemanâs 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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Many organizations talk to their leaders about âcreating workplace culture.â Some talk about it in the context of hiring, training, or values. Others in terms of work ethic, resilience, or âsynergy.â The challenge with these approaches is that you canât really create workplace culture. Culture is the sum of people, the ways they interact, and
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What makes our empathy wane and what to do about it. In last weekâs blog, we discussed how emotions can switch off our empathy for people around us, causing us to say or do things that go against our values and beliefs. We may do things like yell at a customer service rep when mad
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