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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership Development Programs

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  Technical skills can help you climb into a management position. But, it is the soft skills that will help you lead teams successfully and build positive workplace relationships. A key leadership skill that enables you to manage stress, coach teams, deliver feedback, and collaborate with others is emotional intelligence. Here’s a closer look at what emotional intelligence is and its role in effective   leadership development programs . What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence refers to your ability to understand, accept, and manage emotions. It also relates to your ability to understand the emotions of those interacting with you. The skill helps leaders handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. By developing emotional intelligence, you can build better workplace relationships and influence your team members and peers positively. The ability to establish an emotional connection with employees and lead with emotional intelligence is vital ...

The Short Road to Excellence

The other day I was walking along an insignificant road and looking at all the insignificant things I would not generally look at. I stopped and took my own sweet time to look at the deep-brown barks of trees, the bright-green leaves on the branches and the countless shapes of the clouds above. Then something caught my eye – some abandoned pots along the side of a road – that seemed to have been forgotten by someone leaving in a hurry – and growing in those pots were some insignificant flowers. Having the time to literally stop and smell the flowers – I stopped to peer at those flashes of colour.  What I saw took my breath away because there in those broken earthy pots I saw excellence at its best.  Simple unnamed flowers, each excelling in form, shape, colour. A profusion of beauty and symmetry.  They were a masterpiece in art – created for the crown of a princess not there – for an audience that had long left – for applause that will never sound But then, if flowers blo...