Harvey Deutschendorf

Harvey Deutschendorf is an emotional intelligence expert, author and speaker. To take the EI Quiz go to theotherkindofsmart.com. His book The Other Kind Of Smart, Simple Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success has been translated into four languages. You can follow him on Twitter @theeiguy.

Harvey Deutschendorf

5 times having low emotional intelligence can sabotage your career

People who excel at managing interpersonal dynamics are more likely to get promoted. Unfortunately, the reverse is also true.

5 Emotionally Intelligent Habits For Handling Work Frustrations

It’s all about what you do in the moment–and don’t do.

5 Ways Unfamiliar Experiences Sharpen Your Emotional Intelligence

If you can make getting out of your comfort zone a regular habit, you’ll be able to hone a few crucial “soft skills” your success may depend on.

Landed A Last-Minute Job Interview? Avoid Asking These 7 Questions

It’s easy to slip up when you’re stressed and haven’t had time to prepare. Here’s an “anti-checklist” of questions to stay away from.

5 Habits That Let Emotionally Intelligent People Adapt To Anything

The ability to stay flexible and open-minded in uncertain times isn’t just a personality thing. It also depends on what you do.

7 Situations Where Vulnerability Is The Best Management Strategy

“Vulnerability” still sounds like a squishy abstraction to many, but it can be a powerful tool in emotionally intelligent managers’ toolkits.

Introvert Or Extrovert, Successful Entrepreneurs Share These 5 Traits

No matter how their personalities appear to others, entrepreneurs all possess a few key, inner characteristics.

This Is The Emotionally Intelligent Way To Fire Someone

Feelings will run high, so don’t try to block them out. Here’s how to make room for emotions and still accomplish the task at hand.

Five Simple Tips For Building A More Emotionally Intelligent Team

There’s no single hack for improving your team’s collective emotional intelligence. As a manager, it’s the small habits you perform and encourage that ripple outward.

Do These 5 Emotionally Intelligent Things Within 5 Minutes Of Meeting Someone

Being instantly likable isn’t rocket science, but this checklist takes practice to master in the short space of a first impression.

This Is How Emotionally Intelligent People Vacation

You’ll be doing some people-watching and self-reflection anyway while you kick back. Why not make it count?

Emotional Intelligence Is The Real Secret To Getting Promoted Faster

Your technical skills probably won’t secure you that management role, but these seven habits might.

Six Reasons Why Your Argument Failed To Persuade

Stop trying to win a war of ideas and do this instead.

Six Job Interview Questions You Should Have Asked (Much Earlier)

It’s partly which questions you ask, and partly when you ask them.

The Idiot’s Guide To Networking, No Work Experience Required

What can you possibly talk about when you’re only in an entry-level job–or looking for one? Wrong question.

7 Late-Breaking Signs You Should Rethink Taking That Job Offer

Getting a job offer is exciting, but don’t let your enthusiasm cloud your judgment. Run through this checklist before saying yes.

7 Ways Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Handle Year-End Stress

The holiday season may be all about selflessness, but a little self-awareness still goes a long way.

Six Steps For Defusing Office Conflicts

A little tension can be a good thing as long as you know what to do with it.

Five Ways The Most Effective Leaders Manage Their Emotions

The best managers know how to keep their emotions in check and focus on building a healthy team.

How The Most Emotionally Intelligent People Make Great First Impressions

You have a tenth of a second to make the right impact, but nailing that moment is all about behaviors you can practice beforehand.

Ideas

This DNA database for trees will help track illegal logging

Is tech finally realizing that contractors need benefits, too?

WeWork is hiring, mentoring, and training 1,500 refugees

Entertainment

Making funny sounds: the music of “Mr. Show,” 20 years later

“The Incredibles 2” shatters box office records with $180 million

“Super Fly” influenced hip-hop. And hip-hop influenced the remake

Co.Design

With “Quickstarter” projects, Kickstarter is going back to basics

This map shows how your city moved over the last 750 million years

Creeps bugging you online? Nastybot writes sick burns for you

Fast Company

New York City’s craft alcohol industry is booming in 2018

Making funny sounds: the music of “Mr. Show,” 20 years later

Who’s the “rocket man” now, Donald Trump?