Stand Up to Bullies: Keep Your Confidence, and Your Job
My article in Forbes offers six tips for standing up to bullies in the workplace. Are you silenced or confused at work? Is your best work often demeaned or dismissed? Does your boss make unreasonable or demeaning demands? If so, you may be the target of a bullying attack. It’s important to stand up to […]
Raise Your Optimism for Better Outcomes in Sales, Work, and Life
Use optimism for better outcomes in sales, at work, and in life. It also helps you feel happier and less stressed at work. Most of us know someone who is constantly having problems, often sick or injured, frequently or almost always complaining about something. Most of us also know someone for whom things almost always […]
Six Emotional Intelligence Skills for Sales Success
Emotional intelligence skills for sales consists of six specific skills that enable high performance throughout the sales cycle. Salespeople are in the business of making people happy. From small sales to big ones, the sales process is a trade of money for something that solves a problem or makes our lives better, easier, more effective, […]
Reduce Anxiety for Better Health
Sometimes anxiety may feel rational, but actually it’s not helping. Try these three tips to reduce anxiety and start bouncing back. Let’s face it. The global pandemic has left everyone with historic levels of leftover stress. Work–whether you have it or you don’t–is one source of stress. We all have fears. Letting your fears get […]
Which Emotional Intelligence Skills Drive High Performance?
A guide to the 5 emotional intelligence skills that consistently show up in effective leaders.
The Cycle of Trust and Mistrust: How the Expectations Effect Raises (or Lowers) Team Performance
If you want to build a high performing company, start by building a high trust culture through emotional intelligence.
What to Do about Low Performers? Invest in them!
My New Article in Forbes Explores The Real Reasons Behind Low Performance (And How To Help).
The Ten Most Popular Posts for Emotional Intelligence
If you are looking for inspirational reading to increase your leadership effectiveness in 2023, check out these ten popular posts. I trust my readers to tell me what they like. These popular posts are a great summary of the ideas behind my work as a coach and corporate trainer. Besides the top five posts on […]
My Gratitude Project 2022
Every year in November, I dedicate myself to 30 days of gratitude. Nov. 1: Daily acts of gratitude and a habit of connecting with others helps us feel safe, relax, breathe easily, and enjoy life. This year, I’ll be celebrating the many ways we practice gratitude and create positivity in our lives and the lives […]