/Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence – Are you in Survival Mode?

Emotional Awareness – Are you in Survival Mode? Research by Rich Cooke in Assessment and Development Matters, into the emotional awareness differences of Public and Private Sector managers highlighted a range of significant differences. The findings illustrate that in the Public Sector, 85% of managers operate in ‘survival mode’ compared to 72% of Private Sector [...]

Developing your Emotional Intelligence (EI)

When it comes to Developing EI - How Savvy are you? Do you react well to pressure? Do you readily form and maintain new relationships? Are you self-motivated and adaptable? Are you able to deal adeptly with conflict? Developing EI Developing EI is something that can be done.  It is about our ability to understand and [...]

Building Emotional Regulation

Building Emotional Success How do we go about building emotional success?  Today in our hectic world, life can be a roller coaster with our emotions being highly changeable due to circumstances, people and time.  Being able to regulate our emotions and building emotional success is vital to overall wellbeing, shaping how we present ourselves to [...]

Are you intelligent – emotionally?

Are you intelligent – emotionally? Leading expert, Stein, 2009 suggests, “People tend to think of others as either emotional or intelligent, but not both.” However, perhaps the correct question is ‘Are you intelligent – emotionally?’ Being intelligent – emotionally requires us to acknowledge, cope with and adapt to our own and other people’s strengths and [...]

Building Emotional Flexibility and Resilience

Building Emotional Flexibility and Resilience Building Emotional Intelligence and Flexibility (EI) is something that everyone has the ability to do.  Becoming more aware, writing about our experiences or creating opportunities for positive thoughts can assist us in improving our (EI). Positive emotions builds our personal coping resources over time   Interpreting our daily experiences Every day we constantly [...]