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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

Our research and analysis has revealed a complicated relationship between mindfulness and executive performance—one that is important for leaders to understand as they seek to develop in their careers. His direct reports trusted him more and did better quality work. Instead of quitting or being fired, he was promoted.

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Boost Your Emotional Intelligence with These 3 Questions

Harvard Business

As the concept of emotional intelligence has gone global, we’ve watched professionals founder as they try to improve their emotional intelligence (or EI) because they either don’t know where to focus their efforts or they haven’t understood how to improve these skills on a practical level.

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The Rise of AI Makes Emotional Intelligence More Important

Harvard Business

As machine learning continues to grow, we all need to develop new skills in order to differentiate ourselves. We’ve all experienced the doctor, financial planner, or consultant who is more focused on his or her reports and data than on our unique situations and desires. Invest in developing your emotional intelligence.

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Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?

Harvard Business

Her manager feels lucky to have such an easy direct report to work with and often compliments Esther on her high levels of emotional intelligence, or EI. And Esther indeed counts EI as one of her strengths; she’s grateful for at least one thing she doesn’t have to work on as part of her leadership development.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

A recent survey of leaders across companies with under $10m to over $1bn in annual revenue identified the following negative consequences associated with ineffective leadership communication: 52% reported higher stress levels. 18% reported a failure to close a sale. Build Your Emotional Intelligence.

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6 Current Trends in Project Management [2024]: What to Prepare for?

Epicflow

Automating routine tasks AI can automate a number of project manager’s tasks, especially those that require work with large amounts of data, e.g., creating schedules and generating reports. According to the report, power skills involve: communication, problem-solving, collaborative leadership, and strategic thinking.

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Shooting Yourself in the Foot

CaseInterview.com

Justifying the raise comes from IQ or intellectual intelligence. Reading the emotional context of the situation and choosing the right time and place to ask comes from EQ or emotional intelligence. This is why very smart and talented people report to managers that aren’t as intellectually talented or skilled as they are.