By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th February 2019 Here we are at the twelfth and last of the booklets that I have been working my way through in these blogs, and in my RiverRhee newsletters (see full list in the notes below.) Each booklet has provided me with some terrific insights, and ones that we have also …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 29th December 2018 What better topic to select from Daniel Goleman et al’s Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence, as we prepare for a new year, than booklet #5 on “Positive Outlook”?! What is positive outlook? According to the definition in the booklet, “Positive outlook” is about: Seeing the positive in people, situations …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 17th November, 2018 What is “Achievement Orientation”? The fourth primer in Daniel Goleman et al’s series on Emotional Intelligence is entitled “Achievement Orientation” – as summarised in this illustration. The authors highlight the difference between what individuals might have excelled at early on in their professional careers vs. what it might take …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 29th September 2018 Emotional self-awareness is at the root of emotional intelligence, and it is a skill. I am increasingly realising, as I work with managers and individual team members, that emotional self-awareness is a skill in which people have varying levels of proficiency. I’ve gone back to the very first of …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th September 2018 Booklet number 7 in Daniel Goleman et al’s “Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence” is entitled ‘Organizational Awareness”. As with the previous booklets that I have documented: 2: Emotional Self-Control 3: Adaptability 8: Influence 9: Coaching and Mentoring 10: Conflict Management 11: Teamwork I have found it helpful to summarise …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 3rd June 2018 I’ve written a few blogs on the characteristics of high performance teams and how to evaluate them and summarised them in this one on my RiverRhee website (http://riverrhee.com/blog/temperature-checks-or-diagnostics-high-performance-teams). Daniel Goleman et al’s “Teamwork: a primer”, number 11, in his “Building blocks of emotional intelligence” series, provides some additional helpful …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th April 2018 I’ve just been reading booklet number 10: Conflict Management, in the “Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman et al. The authors have some powerful insights on the benefits of conflict and how to address or facilitate it constructively, both as an individual participant, and as a team …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 22nd March 2018 The 9th ‘building block’ or ‘primer’, in Daniel Goleman et al’s series for Emotional Intelligence is all about the coach and mentor role of leaders. The style of these primers is very discursive, with chapters from several experts in the field. I mapped out the key points that emerged …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th March 2018 My colleague, Liz Mercer, and I recently bought the whole set of Daniel Goleman et al’s twelve”Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence” between us. The 70+ page booklet on “Influence” caught my attention as we have a course on Effective Influencing and Communication Skills with RiverRhee. We also have a section …
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