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International Women’s Day 2022: 4 Ways to Create Equity in The Workplace
March 04, 2022
International Women’s Day 2022 is March 8th and important discussions are taking place at classroom desks, boardroom tables, and at kitchen tables across the country about how to create more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplaces. This year’s theme is #BreakTheBias, and focuses on raising awareness against bias and taking action for equality and equity for...
EQi Certification Alumni Interview: Pam Grahame
February 24, 2022
Pam Grahame tells us about her resilient leadership journey; and the EQ skills that have been her foundation. She has 25 years in the steel industry achieving top results in sales and as a sales operations leader. After restructuring within her organization, she went to work and entered the world of entrepreneurship offering executive coaching,...
4 Ways You Can Avoid the “Great Resignation”
February 15, 2022
One of the defining factors of the past year was the start of what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation” — in the U.S. alone, more than 11 million workers left their jobs between April and June 2021. In a global survey conducted by Microsoft, 41% of respondents are considering leaving their current employer this year....
The Top 3 Skills for 2022: Resilience, Empathy, and Emotional Intelligence
January 12, 2022
A lot has changed in the past year. From learning new tech tools like Zoom, to adapting to a hybrid work-from-home and in-office model as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect how we live, it’s safe to say that we’ve faced more personal and professional changes in the last 365 days than perhaps at any...
The Resilient Leader: How to Build Resilience in 2023
December 07, 2021
This article was updated on 11/22/2022 When we think about “successful” or “unsuccessful” people, we often relate their success to their ability to bounce back from challenging situations. Resilience, which is our ability to frame setbacks as learning opportunities and manage our emotional responses to stress, has been linked to increased work satisfaction, lower levels...
Overcoming Adversity: 5 Science-Backed Resilience Strategies
November 23, 2021
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity and adapt to difficult or challenging circumstances. Just like emotional intelligence, resilience is a trait that can be developed and strengthened over time — but doing so requires effort, dedication, and consistency. Think about it as a muscle in your mind: the more you work it,...
Stress Management Techniques to Increase Resilience
October 13, 2021
Stress is unavoidable, but now more than ever it’s important to understand the sources of our stress and how to find healthy ways to manage it. Does Stress Affect Men and Women Differently? Studies have shown that women are more likely than men to report having a great deal of stress, and almost half of...
How to Lead With Emotional Intelligence and Empower Others
September 21, 2021
Leadership comes naturally to many people, but most need to work at it in order to be competent, compassionate, and emotionally aware. After all, great leaders know that leadership is based on emotion: emotions are contagious, and people who know how to lead are able to build emotional connections with team members and stakeholders in...
3 Self-Awareness Exercises to Build Emotional Intelligence
August 24, 2021
Many people assume that self-awareness comes naturally, but having a heightened sense of your emotional well-being can be a challenge for many of us. Luckily, with practice and training, you can learn to increase your self-awareness and knowledge, and find healthy and positive ways to reframe your thoughts, feelings, actions, and responses to others. What...
How to Use EQ to Make Smarter Business Decisions
July 20, 2021
Emotional intelligence (EI) has become one of the fastest-growing topics of interest as a result of changing workplaces, the COVID-19 pandemic, and much more. However, despite being familiar with the concept of EI, most people assume that having high EI only requires them to understand themselves. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Having high EI also...