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Is EQ Vital for Change?
When an international IT team set out to transform their org, they found change is not just a logical process. Using emotional intelligence mentoring and the Vital Signs climate assessment, they developed a process to make change effective. Here’s how it works....
Requesting Trust
Once you’ve identified the value of trust, assessed that you need to increase it, and focused on earning trust with the Four Cs – how do you go further? Recap of last two posts in the Vital Signs Trust series: One of the most important Vital Signs of a...
Earning Trust
Trust is invaluable, and ideally we’d be able to turn up the trust dial on an instant. You can increase trust from others, but first you need to be sure you’re doing everything possible to be fully trustworthy. Practicing the 4 Trust Cs will make it...
Assessing Trust
Trust people and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. – Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the most important Vital Signs of a healthy climate is TRUST. When your people trust you, they dig deeper, listen better, and...
The Vital Organization
A compelling new book for every manager. Emotions drive people, and people drive performance — here’s how to make it happen.
Measure and Increase Employee Engagement: A Case Study
Can we measure and increase Employee Engagement in an economic challenge? What’s the benefit? Case study at Komatsu plant using “Vital Signs” and “Emotional Intelligence”: engagement increased from 33 to 70%. At the same time, plant performance increased by 9.4%.
EQ and School Climate
What did it feel like to walk down the halls at your school when you were a kid? Was it safe, welcoming, inclusive? What’s it like for your children?
What does “teamwork” mean?
What do we mean by “team”? Is it enough to work in harmony, or are we demanding a spark of something new? What are the key ingredients?
Team Climate Survey and LinkedIN Discussion
In the LinkedIn EQ Network group, we’ve been discussing the importance of team climate (here’s the thread), and we’ve surveyed 200 members of the group and visitors to our site about the topic. Why? As Joshua Freedman, our COO, wrote on the forum, “we’re...