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Emotional Intelligence Is Crucial to Good Leadership—Here’s Why

Success

But unlike innate, fixed characteristics, such as your IQ, EQ is a flexible skill that you can improve. enumerates the specific components of emotional intelligence as self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. This is the “social skill” component of emotional intelligence. They’re humble.

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5 Qualities of People Who Use Time Wisely

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If your skill level is a two, don’t waste substantial time trying to improve because you’ll likely never grow beyond a four. However, if you’re a seven in an area, hone that skill, because when you become a nine, you’ve reached a rare level of expertise. You are blessed with a unique set of skills and talents.

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5 Realistic Tips to Be More Positive

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You’ve heard all those mantras before, but welcome to the real world, where life is hard and stress makes it difficult to always whistle a happy tune. By stepping back and concentrating on my best skill, my mind switched from feeling frustrated to feeling fresh, alert and more willing to accept new information. “Think positive!”.

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Education & Experience Don’t Guarantee Success—Attitude & Habits Do

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Talent matters, too, but aside from skills (which develop from experience) much of your talent is an innate tendency to perform better in certain areas. This article was published in June 2015 and has been updated. Your education matters—maybe not as much as you think, but a degree in your field can really jump-start your progress.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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And those skills translate directly into the office or boardroom. A 2015 article in The Atlantic titled “For a More Creative Brain, Travel” argued that traveling and soaking up foreign experiences increases cognitive flexibility, an important part of creativity. Good communication is important regardless of the setting or language.

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Create Your Professional Development Plan Free Webinar

Office Dynamics

Upcoming professional development events at little to no cost: As Office Dynamics International celebrates our 25th Anniversary in 2015 we will offer a free webinar each month. Outline of Webinar: Development of Your Professional Plan. The post Create Your Professional Development Plan Free Webinar appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

Workplace Insight

Between 1995 and 2015, the proportion of high-skilled occupations as a share of total employment increased by roughly 5% in North America and almost 8% across Europe. At the same time, the share of middle-skilled occupations in total employment declined in both regions.

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