Confidence at work isn’t bravado. It’s knowing your strengths, accepting your weaknesses, and leading from your values—so you stay calm under pressure and make steady decisions. That’s authority without ego—the kind people trust.
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 bullies to reclaim your confidence and recover a sense of power and control over your own job. Unfortunately, bullying is alive and well in the…
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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 go well. At work and in life, things just seem to go their way. Does optimism–or pessimism–result from events or could our outlook on life…
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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, efficient, or just more beautiful. That’s why emotional intelligence is essential for increasing sales. In order to get to that magical moment where the seller…
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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 the better of you is counterproductive. Stress can triggers hormones that can actually reduce your body’s immune responses and increase your risk for other health…
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A guide to the 5 emotional intelligence skills that consistently show up in effective leaders.
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When you have true self-regard, you can look yourself in the eye on your worst day and still believe in your best self.
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