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Summary The ability to be socially sensitive, adaptable and perceptive to the needs of your clients, colleagues and suppliers is challenging to achieve. When you are good at it, you are likely to be someone who has become skilled at negotiating and brokering deals and interacting well with those around you to get your job done. This ability to connect with people can be vital as to how successful you

Summary While creating successful teams isn’t as simple as mimicking the processes of emotionally intelligent groups of people, what you can do is create the necessary conditions in which team members can develop their emotional intelligence and boost teamwork skills. Giving Your Team a Competitive Edge Team members are more than just employees or a job title. They’re unique individuals who have great stories to tell. Your employees have diverse

Summary Self-care in its true essence is our need to nurture our power. The feelings of being accepted, empowered and self-aware all start within ourselves. By working on self-care, you will discover and channel these feelings. Whether you are looking for promotion in the organisation you work for, or you run your own business, developing self-awareness is one of the most important elements to success. What does the word ‘resilient’

Summary Often modern businesses have a culture which values overwork and creates an ‘always on’ mentality. If this is the overall culture of your business, you will need to take an honest approach, so people feel it is ok to call for help and ask for timeout. Ensuring that each member of the team has a healthy work-life balance and is fulfilled can increase team effectiveness by boundless amounts. Building

Summary Whatever we are doing in our lives, at any one time, emotions are involved. We may want to connect with team member, plan a campaign or project, deal with difficult conflict or work colleague, cope with retirement or changes at work… whatever it is emotions will always be involved.  Yet, dealing with emotions is something which can be difficult and we often feel unable to find solutions and end

Is your business wellness policy based around free beers?  Seems that a good number of companies are relying on freebies and office perks to fix the issues around employee health and wellness now.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with a free beer and plenty of people will enjoy these quick perks, but do they really make an actual difference?  Are there alternatives we should be looking at which offer meaningful

Good working relationships are based on trust, but how do we deal with our emotions to build and feel trust in our working teams? It seems rather an elusive quality!  Past studies have looked at trust across the workplace and it seems that most of us do not have a great deal of trust in our employers.  This appears to come from perceived unfairness and unequal opportunities, lack of leadership,

As we approach the flood of holiday breaks, we have time to reflect on how we deal with stress at work and in our personal lives and think about how we can develop our emotional resilience. Developing a deeper understanding of yourself and taking steps to look after your wellbeing can help reduce the impact of stress and help you deal with pressure.  This ability to adapt, bounce back and

Stress Awareness Month has been held every April, since 1992.  The aim of this month is to increase public awareness about both the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic.   Despite this running for 20 years there appears to be a long way to go.  This is borne out by the Mental Health Foundation who stated in a survey last year that 74% of UK adults have felt so