Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2017

As one new manager shared recently, “my professional leadership goal is to be a genuine and emotionally intelligent manager who inspires others to excellence.” ” Increase your emotional intelligence and situational awareness. As a new manager, spend time to consider the kind of leader you are and hope to be.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

It is therefore not surprising that a great deal of research has been devoted to identifying the key determinants of engagement. Traditionally, this research has focused on the contextual or external drivers of engagement, such as the characteristics of the job, the culture of the organization, or the quality of its leaders.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

That’s what I’ve often observed in my leadership experience, and research confirms that this happens in organizations. That’s the example we end up setting, the culture we end up building. It has made me a more empathic, emotionally intelligent leader. Related Video. Finalist pools can reinforce the status quo.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2018

Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. For instance, psychological research suggests there is less than 10% overlap between people’s actual and self-perceived competence, mostly because people are not as adept as they think they are. You and Your Team Series. Tasha Eurich.

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Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

If you’re leading a team or an organization, how can you help manage the emotional culture of the people you’re responsible for? We all have emotions, and asking one another to not bring them to work or to repress them is, in the former case impossible and in the latter unadvisable.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Research from Google’s people operations department — its term for human resources — confirms the importance of these two qualities. Emotional Intelligence. 3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions. For people to work together, they need to know that both labor and credit will be shared. compassion).

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

Research has shown that when weekly hours worked exceed 50 or 55 hours, cognitive performance (e.g., emotional intelligence skills and the capacity to reason and solve problems ) and work engagement levels begin to decline, dragging down the quality of the work produced with it. Some workplace cultures understand this.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

In researching my book, Pause , and learning from my own experience of figuring out how to take time off for my own growth, I’ve come up with a six-step plan for how to negotiate for personal development. Do you want to build your emotional intelligence skills to be a more attuned business leader?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2018

In her research on reciprocal mentorship, Belle Rose Ragins discovered that mentorships with the greatest life-long impact are more mutual. The finest reciprocal mentors are interested in helping mentees hone things such as self-efficacy, emotional intelligence and resilience in the face of stress.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Authors Nancy Kurland and Lisa Hope Pelled, in their research paper, Passing the Word: Toward a Model of Gossip and Power in the Workplace , define gossip as: “informal and evaluative talk in an organization, usually among no more than a few individuals, about another member of that organization who is not present.” Annie McKee.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 11, 2018

Experience has taught me that the art of good M&A requires a combination of careful research, emotional intelligence, and attention to detail that might otherwise get overlooked; due diligence requires more than a scan through boxes of contracts and reviewing the balance sheet. Good mergers aren’t easy to pull off.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 20, 2017

A positive workplace culture is essential for employee engagement and productivity. Empathy at work creates psychological safety, which research by Amy Edmondson of Harvard demonstrates is created when managers are inclusive and humble and encourage their staff to speak up or ask for help. The question is how to deliver it.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2016

For example, a recent study by Google found that the critical drivers of effective team performance were an open and safe team culture, clear goals, and a strong sense of purpose. Accordingly, research has found that people experiencing negative moods are often more persistent than those who are in more positive mindsets.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

We blame the relentless, do-more-with-less nature of our shortsighted, quarterly-results-driven business climate for our frustration, or we pin responsibility on unending change or corporate culture. Toxic emotions are stressful. Step 2: Employ emotional self-control. Even Experienced Executives Avoid Conflict. Ron Ashkenas.

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

Our data included executives’ scores on personality and emotional intelligence assessments, interviews with their managers and HR, and our case notes. The goal of our research was to identify how executives in their thirties might differ from older executives when they receive the specialized attention of executive coaching.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

Research shows that when people have a good relationship with their leaders, they’re more motivated, they perform better, and they’re more likely to go the extra mile to support their team. These positive effects have appeared across a wide range of jobs and cultures. In reality, many relationships are both.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

” Many of us now work in constantly connected, always-on, highly demanding work cultures where stress and the risk of burnout are widespread. Since the pace and intensity of contemporary work culture are not likely to change, it’s more important than ever to build resilience skills to effectively navigate your worklife.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

As an aspiring PM, there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies , Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Company Fit. Emotional Intelligence (EQ). the humans with whom you’ll work, the overall company culture (diverse, inclusive, flexible work hours, remote culture, etc.),

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2024

I thought I might share some insights and support some of the ideas we generated with research. Leverage Empathy in Inquiry Constructive questioning encourages a culture of openness, fosters innovative thinking, and promotes a deeper understanding of challenges and opportunities. is more inviting. Kogan Page. Els, B., & Jacobs, M.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2017

Research by Stanford professor Hazel Markus, author of Clash: How to Thrive in a Multicultural World , suggests that this fact is probably due to our cultural propensity towards fierce independence — rather than the interdependence characteristic of many other cultures. Is there something that American workers are missing?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 22, 2018

Meta-analytic studies reviewing 50 years of research suggest that personality traits such as curiosity, extraversion, and emotional stability are twice as important as IQ — the benchmark metric for reasoning capability — when it comes to predicting leadership effectiveness.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

After all, research shows that a happier workplace is more productive. Leaders participate in mindfulness and compassion trainings and are coached to learn emotional intelligence. Moreover, research shows that exposure to a natural environment helps people be less impulsive (while urban settings do the opposite).

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2016

But given my professions about candor in our culture, I was somewhat trapped. Emotional Intelligence. 3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions. In my research with hundreds of leaders, I’ve found that most people have habitual stories they tell in predictable circumstances as well. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 17, 2018

Being a remote employee myself, and having my entire team also fall into that category, forced me to think differently about how to build team culture and keep everyone engaged and motivated. I traveled to headquarters to meet the team, figure out the culture there, and get a clear sense of who controls what.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Emotional Intelligence. 3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions. More importantly, being a toxic handler also takes tremendous emotional energy to listen, comfort, and counsel. Sandra’s research shows that toxic handlers tend to take on others’ emotions but have no way to offload them.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

who agrees that emotional intelligence is what he looked for in a new management hire. What’s the organizational culture, what kind of professionals work here, and what are the constraints or resources in this kind of work?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Many large-scale studies have found that leadership based solely on MBA-trained logic is not always enough for delivering long-term financial and cultural results, and that it is often detrimental to an organization’s productivity. To be clear, we’re not saying MBAs are not useful in leading an organization.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2016

As a researcher, I have approached my parenting role similarly to how I’ve approached research topics — with true passion and curiosity to fully understand all of its intricacies. The skills we learn as we engage in parenting ought to transfer into our work, and vice versa. Self-reflecting and continually improving.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Research by Alexander Czopp, the director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research at Western Washington University, and his colleagues show that there is a “discrepancy between what people predict they would do and what they actually do.” You’ve essentially just given the person permission to do it again.”

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Research generally shows that having friends at work can increase productivity and engagement. However, a new study by Wharton researchers Julianna Pillemer and Nancy Rothbard finds that there can be a dark side to having friends at work, especially if what’s best for the friendship conflicts with what’s best for the organization.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Research by Stanford University professor Rob Willer shows that we take negative gossip about others seriously. If you are facing hurtful rumors at work, you’ll need to use skills of emotional intelligence to avoid making the situation any worse – and ideally, to make the situation better. 2) Expand your perspective.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Careful research over many jobs and across many organizations in multiple industries highlights a clear pattern: the payoff from employing top talent — defined as the vital few who account for the biggest chunk of organizational output — increases as a function of job complexity.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Sadly, there’s very little evidence-based research on strategies to prevent or address sexual harassment. The best related research examines sexual assault on college campuses and in the military. Researchers and workplace experts are now exploring how to prevent sexual harassment in companies by translating that approach.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Yet study after study, including my own , tells us the qualities that leaders in today’s world need are intuitive, dynamic, collaborative, and grounded in here-and-now emotional intelligence. The mismatch between leadership development as it exists and what leaders actually need is enormous and widening. What would work better?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Research indicates that 30%–60% of leaders act destructively, with an estimated cost of $1–$2.7 In addition, effective leaders are generally more emotionally intelligent , which enables them to stay calm under pressure and have better people skills. What is the role of culture? million for each failed senior manager.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

Over the course of our careers, and through our formal research on mentoring within and outside of academia, we’ve found that good mentoring is discipline-agnostic. Similarly, we sometimes give a candidate a few weeks to write a review of an article in a relevant area. The Explainer: Emotional Intelligence.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 20, 2017

That “expert” was a member of the research team. Researchers filmed these simulations and had objective judges evaluate them. Other research has shown that psychological safety improves general team performance. Amy Jen Su. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Kevin Kniffin.

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