I don’t know about you, but I’m finding it very easy to be judgmental these days. Late last week, a coworker told me on Slack that she was going to be offline for a bit while she greeted her babysitter, who was showing up any minute. My immediate thought was, “That’s not social distancing.” For a […]

We’re starting to move at the speed of technology. Technological fixes are helping us to do things more efficiently – sometimes exponentially so. And there’s no way of opting out of adopting these tools. We know everyone else is looking at them too – and getting left behind is not an option. Natural human efficiency […]

Recently I came across this Fast Company article  that claims hiring managers and HR professionals are starting to value ‘emotional intelligence’ over IQ. The article points out possible reasons this might well be the case: staff with emotional intelligence cope better under pressure, take feedback well and have ‘people skills’. Frankly I think the author […]

Leaders need emotional intelligence – of course they do – but emotional intelligence is not much good if a leader can only demonstrate it in favourable circumstances. It’s no use being a calm, sage, empathetic presence if you turn into someone else entirely when the pressure’s on or things aren’t going your way. No, a […]