In a world that can sometimes feel like someone stacked the deck against you when you weren't looking, it's hard to achieve anything without a level of compassionate determination. Goals, objectives, performance indicators – these things rarely achieve themselves (and...
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence Vs Emotional Agility
The purpose of this article is not to say that emotional intelligence or emotional agility is better than the other. Here, I focus on highlighting some of the differences between the two. As with any article like this, there will be those reading it who disagree – and...
Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty
Given everything happening in the world today, finding opportunity in uncertainty has never been more important. Our economies rely heavily on our ability to predict the future. Organisations by their very nature aim to impose order on the complexity of the world to...
Difficult conversations and emotional intelligence, Part Three
If you want to properly assess the appropriate ways to deal with conflict, it is best to consider examples as well as mere theory. Aesthetics are vital for learning and visualisation through past examples of a situation being resolved is a useful asset to have when...
Difficult conversations and emotional intelligence, Part Two
If you try to cross the bridge without moving the obstacles out of the way and press ahead anyway, there is a greater chance of falling. Being unwilling to deal with conflict and failing to engage in difficult conversations is the quickest route to failure. There are...
Difficult conversations and the role of emotional intelligence, Part One
The fear of crossing the bridge means you may never get to the other side – unless you can use emotional intelligence to build your way across. The way may not even be that difficult but when you run into an unfamiliar obstacle or a difficult challenge that has...






