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24 Do’s and Don’ts to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence

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How you handle high levels of stress can mean the difference between being assertive and poised or being negative and disgruntled. Emotionally intelligent people are unwilling to be bogged down unnecessarily by others’ mistakes, so they let them go quickly and are assertive in protecting themselves from future harm.

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Skills required to be a good minute taker

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Assertiveness. Her clients have included New Zealand Defence Force, Ministry for Primary Industries, Dairy NZ, Zespri, polytechs, universities, district health boards and councils. More than anybody else in the meeting a minute taker needs to be listening 100 percent of the time (no falling asleep here!).

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