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Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

Harvard Business

It’s possible to fake emotional intelligence. Similar to knockoffs of luxury watches or handbags, there are emotions and actions that look like the real thing but really aren’t. Given that most people aren’t sociopaths, in my experience, the more common misuses of emotional intelligence are subconscious.

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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. So much for emotional intelligence , she’s starting to think. Having expert support during your ups and downs as you practice operating in a new way is invaluable.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Build Your Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is considered the ability to recognize, express, comprehend and regulate emotions. Your degree of self-awareness , self-management, motivation, empathy and interpersonal skills make up your emotional intelligence. 31% contributed to low morale.

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Getting Along with a Political Operator

Harvard Business

How to work with someone who’s moving their career forward at the expense of yours.

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Automation is coming! Are you ready for it?

Tom Spencer

Your level of performance at work will also depend on the context that you are operating in, which we might classify into 4 quadrants: Simple. Cashiers, waiters, and data entry technicians operate in this context, and this kind of work is already being automated through self-checkout counters, automatic vending machines, and RPA Bots.

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How to Win Any Argument

CaseInterview.com

You may have the argument “won” on the basis of logic, but it takes an emotionally intelligent person to recognize and consider the relational, situational, and emotional context before deciding how to respond. Your intellectual intelligence (IQ) tells you if your thinking is right or wrong.

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A Success Mindset Cultivates Achievement

Rick Conlow

Many professional teams with tons of talent fail to win when players don’t operate as a team. Furthermore, Harvard professor, Daniel Goleman, studies the importance of emotional intelligence. So, share your goals with others you can trust to build you up not tear you down. And do the same for them.