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Why Emotional Intelligent Leaders Are Needed Now More Than Ever

"Everything rises and falls on leadership…”

Dr. John Maxwell could not have said it better. Indeed, the success or failure of any team or organisation is directly related to its level of leadership.

With the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in this already volatile,...

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Defining an Emotionally Intelligent Team

 

Social and Emotional Intelligence can be defined by the 26 competencies that it’s made up of. Likewise, a team is defined by the sum of its parts. So, if the parts aren’t shaped up the way it’s supposed to be, then it just won’t be as effective as it could be.

That...

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Building an Emotionally Intelligent Team

 

In a team, great relationships can be utilised and turned into practical actions that can build and sustain your organisation. However, not everyone in your team may be capable of building and maintaining these connections. Social and Emotional Intelligence skills play a critical role in...

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Developing Yourself as a Leader Using Emotional Intelligence

 

Having a good grasp on Emotional Intelligence is invaluable when it comes to taking back control of one’s life. The reason being is that it can greatly help us manage our negative emotions and our responses to them in a purely logical way. So, it should come as no surprise that being...

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Leading Your Best with Emotional Intelligence

 

Human beings are emotional creatures. More often than not, we act accordingly to how we are feeling in a given moment. Now that can be considered one of our biggest strengths. Being in touch with our emotions helps us become more empathetic. However, it can also be one of our biggest...

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5 Things You Gain from Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

 

Fear, at its very premise, is about facing the unknown. The idea of taking on something unfamiliar is so uncomfortable that some people retreat into anxiety. That is why sometimes as leaders, we need to step in.

By taking the initiative and overcoming their fears and anxieties with them,...

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Overcoming Fear and Anxiety in Others as Leaders

 

Leaders are just as human as the people that follow them. You may think that there is no reason to state the obvious here, but you may be surprised by just how easily that is lost on some people.

They are not omniscient; they do not know everything, nor do they have the solutions to all...

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5 Tips for Dealing with Your Employees’ Fear of Change

 

When managing change in the workplace, it could be easy to miss out on the personal toll it can take on your employees. Without a leader’s intervention, your team may resort to operating in fear and fear is not an effective motivator. In fact, fear is most likely what is going to...

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