Can You Learn Emotional Intelligence?
Can you learn Emotional Intelligence? The short answer is: yes! Three tips to increase your EI.
Three Tips to Handle Your Boss and Stay Sane at Work
Are you biting your pencil in frustration at not knowing what to do about a boss who doesn’t empower you to do your best work? It’s a problem that’s more common than people like to think about. Bosses are people too, with all the fears, problems, inner conflicts, trials, and tribulations of daily life. Even if you like and admire your boss, and even if you like your job, it can sometimes feel like your boss is in the way.…
Goal Setting that Really Works
The key to getting big things done is to set up expectations through goal setting. We all have goals we think about but never do. To stop thinking about goal setting and start getting them done, you need to first set up expectations for success. Setting expectations with the people around you is the key to motivating action. Here’s how it works. I knew a guy once who wanted to roast a pig in the sand. He’d seen it done—the…
Use Stories to Lead Change
Stories engage emotions, and emotions make things happen. More often than not, great leaders are great storytellers.