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So how important is Emotional Intelligence or Emotional IQ in the workplace?
Sure, there are some old school execs who pooh-pooh it as mystical gibberish, but mostly there’s growing acceptance that’s it is a necessary component in today’s workforce.
In particular, empathy, self-awareness and social skills are considered vital to employees succeeding.
And many hiring managers are going so far to say emotional IQ is more important than an employee’s IQ.
It can be quite a quandary. Should I delegate this task? Do it myself? Or is this something that should be automated?
This great interactive tool can help you reach the right decision.
Just plug in your task, answer the questions honestly, and you’ll get your answer.
Are you a micromanager? Odds are, if you manage other people you have at least some micromanaging traits. It’s hard to avoid.
The problem is, it hurts your team. Your employees are looking to grow and develop, and micromanaging stunts their growth. Stunt them long enough, and they’ll leave.
And to replace them can cost you 50% to 200% of the employee’s salary. Yikes!
So take the quiz and find out how much of a micromanager you are. Hopefully, you’ll discover that you’re a star.
Of course, there’s the other side, too. You may find out you’re a completely over-the-top Control Freak.
Good luck!
Need some additional inspiration to help you become successful?
These empowering quotes from inspiring women leaders might help motivate you to reach the next level. They come from different walks of life – business, politics and entertainment – but their messages resonate with all of us.
The late comedy legend George Burns described motivation this way:
“I wake up every morning, get out of bed, read the newspaper, and if I don’t see my obituary, I go downstairs and have breakfast.”
Funny! But what makes successful people tick? Money? Pride? Attention and fame?
Actually, enduring motivation has deeper roots. The money and the rest of it, that’s just gravy – the extras that result from being motivated.
Don’t think so? Then take a look at how these 11 very successful people motivate themselves – in their own words.
Let’s face it, managing others is difficult. Getting others to satisfy your expectations, perform at the top of their capacity and display desirable behaviors at all times can be a challenge for even the most experienced of managers.
And unfortunately, few of us are given the training or mentorship necessary to succeed as leaders.
Few people are born with strong leadership skills – we learn and develop them over time. And as you develop and strengthen your own skills, remember that those farther down in the organization need to develop those skills as well.
Here are 10 leadership habits that are guaranteed to be helpful for new and experienced managers. Not only are they worthy of your attention, they are nuggets of advice worthy of those that you manage and mentor.
When you think of the military, you think of discipline, battlefield tactics, logistics, etc. It’s a complicated task to move a million people, thousands of airplanes and hundreds of ships around the world.
But what sets a great general or admiral apart from the rest is leadership.
And their leadership philosophies can apply to every organization, whether you’re managing five people in the warehouse or a thousand employees in a corporation.
These nine great U.S. military leaders share their thoughts in these leadership quotes.
It’s said that to be at your best, you must get out of your comfort zone.
So then, the place you are looking for must be your … discomfort zone?
So how do you find it? Where is it? If you’ve not been there before, how do you know when you find it?
And lastly, once you’ve been there a while and adjusted, does it simply become your “comfort zone” again?
It takes planning. So it helps to have little signposts to spot along the way to let you know you are on course.
It’s easy to get swallowed up in the day-to-day business of managing your team.
Dealing with the daily crises alone can fill the day.
But ResourcefulManagers are the kind of people who take time to consider new ideas and expand their thinking.
TED Talks are great for reminding you there’s a bigger world out there.
I set aside some time every month to click through the latest ones.
Here are five TED Talks that might just change the way you think about work. And make your workplace a lot better, too.
Accomplished salespeople are some of the most highly sought-after (and sometimes misunderstood) creatures on the business planet.
And, coincidentally, the same is true for great leaders.
When it comes to leadership, it’s clear there is much that can be “borrowed” from the world of business-to-business sales.
Here are 13 ideas to grow your leadership skills, borrowed directly from well-established and proven tactics from the B-to-B sales bible.
In each, we simply substituted “leader” for “salesperson” or “employee” for “customer”, etc.
And they made total sense!
