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Do you ever find yourself reacting negatively or self critically to a comment made by a colleague? As a result, the conversation takes an unproductive turn and you may become frustrated, defensive or angry. You can feel it happening, but are powerless to pull yourself out of the reactionary pattern. I witnessed just such an interchange between my client and their boss recently. What I heard as a neutral comment given in a neutral tone/manner sent my client into the “I’m not good ...

Work/Life Balance. You hear about it everywhere: in magazine articles, TV reports, and now even entire books have been published on the subject. Everyone seems to want it, yet no one seems to have it! In fact, as a professional coach, most of my clients are overstressed and over-busy people who want more balance in their life while still achieving their highest goals. But exactly what does a balanced life mean to most people? As background for this article, I decided to ...

Employee Engagement is one of the biggest challenges facing businesses today. Why? Because disengaged employees are costing you and your business lost productivity, profits and customers. What is employee engagement? It is a business management concept. An engaged employee is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about, his or her work and thus will act in a way that furthers the organization’s interests. The results for the 2010 Gallup study on Employee engagement are out …AND they are disturbing. First ...

Though the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been around for decades, there is a growing body of research and real world success stories that prove leaders with high EI outperform their peers with lower EI. They also create greater impact and more profitability for the organization overall. So what is Emotional Intelligence? EI can be defined as: The ability to identify and manage emotional information in oneself and others Skill in focusing energy on those behaviors that influence your ability and the ...