So, what does it mean to have emotional intelligence? Much has been written about this idea. However, no one ever asked what it means to have emotional intelligence until 1995, when psychologist, Daniel Goleman, wrote his landmark book, Emotional Intelligence. In this article, I won’t try to summarize or overly simplify ideas. Instead, I will share

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The word “new” is a word that conjures up many feelings because “new” implies change. And there’s always an emotional component to change. Sometimes that emotion is positive and sometimes it’s negative. But whichever it is, there’s certain to be emotion surrounding it. So here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, “new” is the word of

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By Guy Harris Many people rise to leadership positions because they can solve problems. That was certainly true for me. One of the reasons I quickly moved from an individual contributor role to a supervisor position in my first civilian job after the Navy was that I knew how to solve the technical problems my

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People are amazing and people are messy. And right now, I’m not just talking about other people. I’m talking about you and me. We’re amazing. And we’re messy and we’re strange and we’re unpredictable. And while you might think that this video is going to be about other people and the challenges in getting along with

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You know that when we are grateful, we feel better and have a better attitude and outlook. Because of that, we know that gratitude is good. But those experiences also leave us thinking about gratitude as a personal thing. While gratitude is a personal experience, we can share it with others. And when we do,

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