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How Slowing Down Can Speed Up Productivity and Innovation
December 06, 2018
When was the last time you took a couple of deep breaths while at your desk? Or when you shut all your browser tabs so you could focus on a single project?If you’re like most people working in business today then there’s a high likelihood that you may not be able to remember the last time you stepped back from your to-dos and took a moment to recenter yourself and focus.If this sounds familiar, don’t worry: we live in a fast-paced time when the idea of “slowing down” feels counter-intuitive,...
Coaching Your Organization’s Future Leaders to Success
November 15, 2018
If you’re like many Baby Boomers and Gen X’ers currently in the workforce, there’s a high likelihood that when your started your career you didn’t receive any formal leadership development as part of your job training.This is because the concept of taking a “coach approach” to leadership development is relatively new. This is why most mid-level individuals needed to actively seek out mentors and coaching programs on their own, and why many people who might have turned out to be talented and...
The Surprising Steps to More Effective Succession Planning
November 09, 2018
When was the last time your leadership team had a discussion about succession planning?For many organizations, the idea of succession planning is easy to sell: after all, the idea of planning ahead and ensuring that there is a clearly-defined plan in place for when senior leadership retires or leaves the organization should be a priority for any business.However, just because an idea is easy to sell doesn’t mean it’s easy to implement, especially because senior leaders have many competing...
The Long-Term ROI of Hiring Candidates with High EI
October 18, 2018
One of the most common misconceptions about measuring EI is that it’s like taking a personality test. In fact, emotional intelligence is more about how individuals use and manage their emotions, and unlike a personality test, individuals can enhance emotional skills, whereas they are not likely to change their personality. Furthermore, assessments such as the MHS EQi-2.0 are statistically reliable and can be validated to help make effective hiring decisions.By hiring with emotional intelligence...
How Emotional Intelligence Benefits Your Recruiting Practice
October 10, 2018
Many of us are familiar with the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and how it can be used in a variety of leadership and team management settings. However, the concept of hiring for “soft skills” such as emotional awareness, open-mindedness, and adaptability to change is one that is still emerging in fields such as recruiting.This is something we hear a lot during our workshops and certification sessions: that when it comes to recruiting, it can be easy to only focus on a candidate’s hard...
Change Management and Workplace Health: Tips for Successful Transitions
September 18, 2018
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Applying Emotional Intelligence to Create Emotionally Supportive Workplaces
September 13, 2018
Our workplaces are more demanding than ever before. With executive burnout and derailment at an all-time high, it’s clear that our work is starting to take a serious toll on both our workplace and personal well-being. This trend is so pervasive that Harvard Business Review calculated that burnout is costing workplaces approximately $190 billion a...
Using EI to Empower Your Employees and Increase Output
August 24, 2018
Every year, companies across North America lose between $450 billion and $550 billion due to low productivity that results from a lack of employee engagement (source: Gallup) These losses often continue year after year, despite efforts from management to develop programs designed to make staff happier and more satisfied. While many of the tactics that...
Scientifically-Proven Ways to Build and Manage Great Teams
August 13, 2018
Nobody can build something great by themselves, which is why savvy business owners and HR experts know that building and managing a great team is critical to ongoing success. However, building a team that is passionate, dedicated, and motivated towards achieving shared goals isn’t as easy as it sounds – which is why so many...
Succession Planning Using Change Management
July 31, 2018
One of the pieces of feedback that we hear most often from our coaching clients is: “how can I get motivated to invest in my organization’s succession planning process?” As the demographics of our workplaces continue to change, succession planning has become increasingly more important to the long-term success of any business. Many of the...