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How EQ Training Benefits Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
May 23, 2017
In the business world, leaders and managers are just beginning to realize the importance of EQ training, or emotional quotient training, as a vital part of their small or medium-sized enterprises (SME). A key area of running a successful SME is the awareness of how emotions directly affect both customer and employee satisfaction. It has...
The Short & Long-Term Benefits of EQ Training
May 16, 2017
As a leader in your organization, you’ve experienced the results of managing professionals who are not in touch with their emotions in the workplace. Traditionally, workplace training is focused on strengthening practical or technical skills. But what happens when you incorporate EQ training, or emotional quotient training, into your professional development sector? EQ training works...
How a ‘Coach Approach” to Leadership Helps Employees Succeed
April 19, 2017
The “coach approach” between team leaders and employees is more necessary now than ever before. The traditional commanding or controlling posts previously taken on in the past by leaders are no longer effective in the modern workplace. Rather, ongoing support, training, and freedom of creativity are essential to retaining employees, and being a competitive business....
Using Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
February 21, 2017
As our workplaces continue to evolve it’s essential that how we think about work. Not just our own work, but how we engage with others in the workplace, and how to make sure that our workplaces act as supportive, cohesive units which can deliver exceptional results with minimal personal or professional conflicts. One of the...
How is Your Coach a “Thinking Partner?”
November 29, 2016
How many times have you found that you strike your short-term tasks off your TO-DO list, whereas the more strategic and difficult items stay on that list longer than you would like? Your executive coach can help. A coach as a “thinking partner” can help to create focus and accountability to ensure you advance those...
Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence
October 04, 2016
COACHING iNSIGHTS™ is founded on the science of emotional intelligence. And, while technical and professional competence is essential in the workplace, emotional intelligence is a better predictor of success. Additionally, emotional intelligence has been shown to be higher for successful leaders. Our environments demand that we manage complex and rapid change, and make decisions in a...
Building Your Coaching Culture
September 23, 2016
“Command and Control or Connect and Collaborate? ” Command and control approaches are not always effective in today’s multi-generational and intercultural work environments. Connect and collaborate environments are the alternative. But how does one create this new space? Just as sports coaches help athletes to enhance their game, executive coaches can help staff and leaders...
The Benefits of Coaching in Academia
September 13, 2016
Our vision is to create coaching cultures within the education and business sectors and build a bridge across these two domains. By fostering an environment of engagement and collaboration initially in the classroom, students develop essential coaching skills. As young people take their place as professionals in society, essential skills including communication, collaboration, critical thinking...
Creating a Coaching Culture
July 15, 2016
… the term ‘coaching culture’ is being defined as an important transformation that organizations, groups and communities need to make in order to manage change successfully in today’s world.. By Janice Gair, ACC,CEC,CHRP The goal of our training and coaching program at COACHING iNSIGHTS is to create a Coaching Culture for companies, SMEs and nonprofit organizations. We will...