EQ@Work

If there is one thing we can be certain about, it is the fact that COVID has brought changes – at work, at home and even with our finances and we will have to adapt to them. We often fail to change as a result of the disguised benefits of staying the way we are (we do not admit this to ourselves.) We would rather stay in an uncomfortable known situation than change to a more comfortable, but uncertain, situation.

How can we learn to better navigate change?

My brain is wired to pick up on rational data. I'm the kind of individual who walks into a room and notices that the chairs are not aligned, and that the pictures on the wall are not straight.  I can very easily miss out on emotional data.  I can very easily miss out on the tension that lies beneath the surface when the team is unhappy with a decision that I have made, or how a client has handled them. 

This is the way that I am wired.

But here's the thing - successful individuals understand that default settings aren't necessarily sufficient to get you to where you want to go. Successful people understand that they must practice cognitive flexibility moving from what comes naturally to what may feel uncomfortable because the situation requires it.

Practising Emotional Intelligence allows us to take back our power - to look at ourselves in the mirror and be honest about where we are whilst at the same time be optimistic about where we are going.

In this episode, I explore the power of naming our emotions.

 A lot of who we are unconsciously impacts the choices we make.  It never ceases to amaze me how the very things that my mother did that drove me crazy as a child, are the very things I find myself doing with my children. Why is that?

Emotions are chemicals released in our brains in response to our perceptions about the world. Those perceptions were shaped as a result of my journey – a little DNA, a dash of upbringing, a smattering of socialisation and a cup of life experiences all combining to create my default, a default that – in some cases, I have had to unlearn.

Tune in as I share the EQ lessons that I have learned, lessons that have been somewhat counter-intuitive, going against the grain of my default – the wiring that can cause me to react unconsciously to external stimuli. 

What unconscious patterns do you need to unlearn?

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. Research shows that people with high EI have greater mental health, job performance, and leadership skills.
So how can we practice EQ?

Tune into this episode where I share 6 simple tips highlighted by Joshua Freedman, the CEO of Six Seconds - the largest global EQ network - that you can use to flex that EQ muscle at work!

We all kicked off 2020 with high expectations. The trending hashtag was #20plenty as professionals across the globe created their vision boards & set their new year's resolutions – mapping out how exactly to realise that 'plenty'

Then along came COVID…

How can EQ help us to maintain mental & emotional wellbeing?

I fell in love with EQ on a cold Tuesday morning in Johannesburg South Africa....

Up until then, we had been flirting - I was convinced EQ was something I needed to learn so that I could teach others, but I discovered that I needed it for me.

I fell in love. Deeply, irrevocably & that moment changed my life forever.