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

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?

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.

Ideas

U.S. foundations are spending more and more on international aid

While your salary stays the same, CEOs keep getting raises

This carbon-sucking mineral could help slow down climate change

Entertainment

Amazon may have even more to offer filmmakers: a movie chain

11 reasons why Aretha Franklin truly is the Queen

Celebrate the Queen of Soul with our Aretha Franklin playlist

Co.Design

This $2,995 home gym is like Peloton for weight-lifting

Designers are hilariously mocking Trump’s Space Force logos

How houseplants could save us from toxic buildings

Fast Company

The wide–and sometimes wacky–world of smartphone addiction cures

Aspiring doctors can now go to NYU for free—if they can get in

Bill Gates offers a simple explanation for why the economy works differently now