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It’s amazing how many get to positions of organizational leadership while lacking emotional intelligence.  Lack of or poor EI costs organizations more money than you can imagine.  I’ve been quoted as saying “People take jobs because of people and leave jobs because of people”.  The organization can be the most amazing place in the world but if the manager doesn’t value people as people and see their human side rather than only what they can produce, those people will ultimately be discouraged, feel undervalued and sooner than later leave.  There is more to a company than bottom li Read More »

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A Presidential Prediction From the World of Emotional Intelligence

Expect more fear in the work place:

Many unpleasant things can happen during a recession. Here’s one that I hope you won’t promote nor experience. More fear in the workplace.

During an economic upswing workers become scarce and thus more powerful. This means that the boss must put on kid gloves and make nice with employees.

But during a recession, jobs are scarce and workers lose power. Bosses become more powerful, the gloves come off and fear returns to the work place.
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