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.
A primer for what it looks like to be high or low in these key emotional intelligence skills.
The Key Elements for Promotability are Rooted in Emotional Intelligence What executives and upper management know that individual contributors often miss, is that being seen and heard are important to being promoted into leadership. Studies on promotability have confirmed what other studies have already established, that emotional intelligence—particularly emotional awareness—is essential for promotability and career advancement. The other three traits you need to demonstrate in a workplace to be seen as ripe for promotion are Strategic Thinking, Thought Leadership, and…
No matter what setback you’re facing, you can start becoming more resilient right now.
Grateful today for these beautiful crocuses at the side of my driveway and other signs of spring. Forsythia buds. The nest with peeping chicks at the corner of the garden. Warmer days that promise better times ahead. These lines from Gerard Manley Hopkins have been ringing in my head today: And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown…
I’ve been working from home for over five years. Over that time, I’ve learned a lot about how to manage the balance between work and life.
If you want to convey who you are, and do it memorably, find a spirit animal.