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In this constantly changing world, business and innovation wait for no one. How can we keep our emotional states stable enough to conduct vital decisions with ever foggier solutions and unclear future prospects? Emotional Intelligence or EI observes the ability to identify, manage your emotions and handle interpersonal relationships considerately. By taking a test to measure how you handle emotional intelligence you could improve your leadership potential, emotional capacity, and

Summary Gaining and maintaining self-awareness, creating and diversifying your goals and enhancing your leadership performance, all seem like impossible ideals to aspire to. However, you don’t have to settle for wrestling with your uncertain future and decelerating professional progression when you have professionals targeting your specific weak points and emphasising your strengths. Executive coaching can make you flourish and move on to the next step in your career quicker than

Summary Have you noticed fluctuations in your mood and behaviours? Perhaps your colleague is more impatient that usual, and your sibling is being especially sarcastic, but, have you stopped to think that it actually could be you elevating your own stress? Sensing when something is wrong in our bodies physically comes naturally to us, but when it comes to emotions, most of us just don’t have to right experience to

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