Today’s Emotional Intelligence focus area, Relationship Management, builds on the other concepts we have discussed over the past three weeks, including: Self Awareness, Self Management and Social Awareness. One of the potential pitfalls of this area, if not done with the right intent, is that it comes across as manipulative. Join me as we talk […]
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Hopefully, you are becoming more Self Aware and Self Managed. The next step in your Emotional Intelligence journey is to improve your Social Awareness. Basically, it’s about paying attention to others and responding proactively and positively.
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Once you have worked on developing Self Awareness, Self Management is the next place to focus. Self Management is one of the most easily observable Emotional Intelligence concepts. You know it when you see it and you definitely know it when you don’t! The lack of Self Management is what usually gets the most attention.
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Self Awareness is both foundational to Emotional Intelligence (EI) AND very difficult to achieve. It’s easy for us to think about ourselves, but it’s not so easy for us to really reflect in such a way that we know who we are and how we are perceived by those around us. As a matter of
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Last week, we talked about the characteristics of an “Ideal Team Player“. One of those characteristics is being “people smart” which is very connected to the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). High levels of EI are critically important for leaders and followers, and is essential in helping people work better together.
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I have spent more than 15 years working in public health and remember learning very early in my career that “it’s all about relationships.” I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard someone say, “we need to build partnerships” or “create a coalition” or “convene an advisory group” as if it’s
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