Posts Tagged ‘emotional intelligence’
The Power of Joy and Feelings in Business
The Power of Joy and Feelings in Business – especially right now. ‘Life is not just about feeling good. It’s about being good at feeling.’ Why? Because everything we do in life is based directly or indirectly on feelings – whether we are conscious of them or not. Great wisdom comes from being conscious of…
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Connection: Why it is Critical to Business
Connection is even more crucial now in the ‘time of COVID’! This guide is for leaders or parents or any human! Humans not only die when they feel lonely, isolated, alone or that they don’t belong, but those conditions are the source of almost every mental health problem we experience. It is imperative we stay…
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5 Ways to Make Your Workplace Fun
Joyful workplaces are buzzing with people bursting with energy, vitality and enthusiasm! They love what they do and feel they are important at work – and do important work! Here are five ways to make your your workplace a fun place to be! 1. Give others permission to be joyful! Our first step to creating…
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Life is the way it is
“Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.” Virginia Satir I found this fantastic quote and thought ‘wow’! Of course! But often it’s the most obvious things that we lose sight of in this age of super…
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The Benefits of TA-DA!
Last week I was speaking to a lovely group in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. I was telling them about my niece’s first gym competition. At the time she was 9 and I was (and still am) a very doting and enthusiastic Aunt! In between exercises (which I must say were not that exciting and seemed to me…
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The Magic of Mindfulness
Mindfulness. It’s a buzz word right now. Businesses are more conscious of the bottom line results of being more mindful and teaching their people to do so. CEOs are being coached to be more mindful to improve their leadership skills. Students are being taught to be more mindful to perform better in tests – everyone is…
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Wake Up to a Higher Purpose Business Strategy
Most definitions of business strategies revolve around the theme of long term plans of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of objectives. I heard the worldwide CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi speak at a conference once, and he said that all their campaigns and strategies are based on a key finding: that…
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3 Simple Ways to Connect with Yourself and Others
Because we live such materialistic lives today, many of us expect solutions to be expensive, complicated, time-consuming and difficult. Following are 3 simple (and free) ideas on how to connect with yourself, others and life! Connecting Time – Make the time to connect with others We might see our best friends only once a month…
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How Serving Others Will Help You to Succeed
Your job is your job, but it can also be your work, depending on how you look at it and how you do it. Your work is manna for the soul. It fulfills you and satisfies you, and it usually involves serving others. Go to your job today and make it your work. Everyone in…
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Successful Leaders Do These Three Things
Being a leader means working with humans (in the most part!), and humans operate on the fuel of feelings. A leader with a high EQ (emotional intelligence), will foster a workplace where people can feel good about themselves and therefore be more engaged with their work. In a nutshell, people who feel good about themselves…
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As a communications and performance expert, Amanda believes success in business is always about feelings. The way we feel about a product, organization or person influences how we behave and informs our decisions about how we spend, or how we conduct business. Facts, targets and figures don’t change behaviours - touching hearts, feelings and stories do.
