Emotional Intelligence Archives : Page 5 of 10 : Lisa D. Foster, Leadership Coaching & Training

The Bag Lady and the Pajama King: How a Story Inspired Me to Start a Business for a Greener World

April 18, 2022

What made me think that I could start a business? A story inspired me. Every entrepreneur has to deal with naysayers. In 2005, a lot of people told me that there was no way I could start a business. No one believed it was possible for me to transform myself from an English teacher to an entrepreneur. And yet I did. No one believed that Americans would buy and actually use reusable shopping bags. And yet they did! The first…

Are You a Leader or a Boss?

April 12, 2022

Emotional Intelligence

Find out what your leadership style is and why it matters in my new post on Forbes. Be a Leader, Not a Boss

How the Top Five Emotional Intelligence Skills Show Up at Work

April 8, 2022

Emotional Intelligence

A Primer for What It Looks Like to be Low or High in These Key Emotional Intelligence Skills Emotional intelligence is a set of skills that give you the ability to be aware of your own and others’ emotions and to use that information strategically to make better decisions. We can talk about emotional intelligence skills in a lot of different ways, but five skills show up consistently in effective leaders. These skills are: What does it look like to…

Three Ways Emotional Awareness Advances Your Career and Enhances Promotability

March 17, 2022

Emotional Intelligence

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…

A Tactical Advantage: How Leaders with Emotional Intelligence Training Create Better Teams

February 10, 2022

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence training gives leaders techniques to improve performance up and down the company structure Emotional Intelligence Is the Basis for High Performing Teams What benefits your company more: focusing on numbers or focusing on people? Increasingly, companies that make the strategic choice to create a people-centered approach based in emotional intelligence are outperforming those with a profit-focused approach. Studies show that companies that have more female executives are more profitable. Research by McKinsey demonstrates the business case for diversity,…