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EQ By the Numbers
There are many, many numbers on EQ and its effects on performance, productivity, employee engagement and much more. The following numbers are from Daniel Goleman’s book Working with Emotional Intelligence. Daniel Goleman’s analysis of 181 jobs in 121 organizations found that emotional competencies were the best differentiators between star performers and typical performers. In top leadership positions over 85% of the difference in performance is due to emotional competence. Salespeople selected for emotional competencies at ...
read moreOn Staying Motivated
Not everyone needs help with motivation, some people just seem to be the steam engine that chugs up hills as if they aren’t there. At some point in life though, either you or someone you know will need some help with motivation. Life has a way of interfering us while we are going after our dreams. It distracts us from pursuing things that really matter and even convinces us that nothing really matters. It can attract us to adopt a defeatist attitude – lacking on enthusiasm and interest – ultimately sapping out our...
read moreHow to Fire Up Your Drive
It happens to all of us. One day, we just wake up lacking the energy to do anything. Not wanting to go out of bed, not wanting to stay in it either. That’s normal. That’s the stuff of life, so to speak. It’s not normal: To get entangled with lack of energy, lack of drive, lack of motivation. To continuously talk yourself into the act of not doing anything. But what do you do when all the drive inside of you are purged out? Maybe you can begin with the following recommendations. Think of the...
read moreEmotional Intelligence Explained
The Hudson River airplane landing by Captain Sullenberger is a great demonstration of well-developed emotional intelligence. Once the audio recordings of Captain “Sully” were made public, listeners have been stunned and amazed at the immense calm Sully demonstrated and the resoluteness with which he told air traffic control, “We’re going to be in the Hudson.” Why was Captain Sullenberger so calm when other people in a life-or-death situation would be hysterical? Emotional Intelligence has everything to do with...
read moreAn Overview of Emotional Intelligence
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves is an excellent quick read. This book also comes with a free assessment as long as the book is new and someone hasn’t used it. The book describes the difference of IQ from EQ. Your IQ never changes and stays the same. They have done studies and found that two people with the same IQ can have completely different levels of success. Also your IQ is your ability to learn and it does not change over time. On the other hand EQ can be developed even...
read moreMotivation – From Building A Dream To Celebrating Success
Motivation is intriguing. Sometimes, you need something big like a life events to turn you around – and sometimes, you only need a tiny motivator – a cute saying on a poster – to make you feel like you have to power to call your own shots. Build a dream and fan the flames. Big or small, it really doesn’t matter. Al long as you have a dream, a goal, an objective, something you can hold on to, something to work for…that’s good enough to get you started. Once you have identified that something you want to achieve, ...
read moreMotivation: Getting Yourself Back on Track
Sometimes, all we need is something that can keep us motivated and get us back on track. Maybe right now you are feeling like my story about “wet noodles” and need a little push. Here are a few tips that I hope help you get back on track. Appreciate failure - Many people find failure a bit too daunting. For them, failing – whether it’s a simple goal or a grand task – is enough to keep them from moving another finger. For successful people, failure is a teacher. It was difficult and demoralizing while they were at...
read moreCommunication and Correction in Business
As a leader in your team be careful what you send out. Negatives can bring the whole team down, squish energy and slow down any momentum. Sending global angry emails to your group is never ever productive. Pick up the phone in those circumstances. Email can build hard feelings and mistrust if you use it poorly. Group correctional emails are also not usually productive. You need to use them sparingly (like almost never). Have a meeting with a few of your people that are messing up whatever it is, but don’t penalize the ...
read morePractical Tips to Get Yourself Motivated
Wet Noodles……. Wet noodles can have problems with starting a task or finishing……. BUT…. The same goes with the rest of us. It’s funny, I was always highly motivated to get things done, overachieve……. Ahhhh……. But wait…….. Always? Really? “Always” and “Motivation” almost never go hand in hand, anyone that says they are “always motivated” are either a machine or lying. It’s funny, I remember in school being...
read moreMotivation is a Daily Battle in Your Mind
Motivation is a funny, complex thing. You heard me talk about “pushing a wet noodle” in the last blog post, and how I have pushed “wet noodles” more than once. The thing that motivates one person is always different from that of another even though they might be working for the same thing. And while people can motivate other people, they can only do so to a certain degree. This is very true! While some of us are powerful motivators and appeal to 70-80% of people, we can’t motivate everyone, and there...
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