How Emotional Intelligence Drives High-Functioning Teams
Most organizations are obsessed with performance. The âhigh-functioning teamâ is the operational idealization of what a team should be. It collaborates, it works together, it communicates, and it resolves personal problems that arise without ever letting them get in the way of productivity. While organizations have tried to achieve the perfect balance to achieve high-functioning teams through performance management, motivation, hiring and firing, changing hiring strategies, and shuffling teams around, no method proves quite so [...]
A guide to professional office communications
Every person understands the power of efficient communication and its impact on daily life and processes. The quality of communication impacts how well we resolve issues, establish relationships, network, and fit in the surrounding societies. At work, communication not only impacts the well-being of the employees but directly affects the quality of work. If people are stressed, annoyed, or even scared to speak their minds out, that will inevitably lead to poor performance, frequent errors, [...]
What is EQ and why every company needs it
Gone are the days when IQ and skills were the primary (or even only) factors when deciding whether to hire someone. Now, most HR teams are paying closer attention to skills that can help determine success in a role, such as personal skills and traits that make a good leader, efficient employee, and good problem solver. To do the same, you need to know about the emotional intelligence (EQ). What is EQ? There is no [...]
Top HR Books to Read This Year
Whether youâre working to improve yourself and your approach to HR, looking for ideas to implement into HR practices in your organization, or want to learn more about your industry, reading is an excellent way to do it. Human Resources is an incredibly popular subject, with thousands of books published year on using data and analytics to manage people, on best practices for people and team management or setup, on emotional intelligence and leadership development, [...]
Using Data and Emotional Intelligence to Build Top Teams
Whether putting together a new team or rebuilding an existing one, the people you put into it are crucial in more ways than one. Good teams rely on a combination of factors to succeed, including a range of skills covering everything the team needs to achieve, adaptability, a sense of trust, and the ability to work well together. This often means choosing people who work in similar ways, who balance each other out, and who [...]