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 reasons your organization needs a strong “why”

It’s important to have a compass in a rapidly changing and volatile business landscape.

5 ways your company will be better if you give to charity

Getting your employees involved in giving to a charitable cause can not only do good for your community, it can help strengthen your workplace.

5 reasons empathy is the most important leadership skill

If you want a happier, more productive staff, you might need to be more empathic.

7 Ways to raise your kids to be good at their future jobs (no matter what they do)

It has nothing to do with AI or coding camp, and everything to do with a love of learning and emotional intelligence.

This is why you should hire a military veteran

If you are overlooking veterans, you are missing out on these skills.

4 ways to secretly teach your boss to become more emotionally intelligent

Sometimes it isn’t someone’s fault that they are a bad boss. Here’s how you can manage up.

7 ways to show emotional intelligence in a job interview

It’s one of the top job skills of the future, but how do you convey something intangible like EQ in a job interview?

Six emotionally intelligent habits to make work less lonely

Here’s what managers and ordinary colleagues can do on a daily basis to curb loneliness in the modern workplace.

4 emotionally intelligent HR policies employees may suffer without

When team members face crises in their personal lives, they need to know their employers have their backs–in word and in deed.

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?

Impact

People get even more miserable online when it’s smoggy

Why MLK’s vision of love as a moral imperative still matters

Public schools seldom bring rich and poor together–and MLK would disapprove

Creativity

SNL drinks the Kool-Aid for that controversial Gillette ad

The definitive MLK Day playlist: songs of respect, justice, and equality

Top 5 ads of the week: AeroMexico airline hilariously trolls America

Co.Design

Why the airport of the future still doesn’t exist

The color gold can change the way you spend money

Enter the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards!

Work Life

Why it’s good for you to be wrong

Lessons in creative problem solving from MLK

You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why