How to Apply Emotional Intelligence in Difficult Workplace Scenarios (Part 1)
Emotional intelligence is an important leadership skill and one that is being considered more and more by HR and in hiring, recruiting, and promotion. First outlined by Daniel Goleman in his book of the same name, the concept has since taken off, and for good reason. However, developing your emotional intelligence and actively working to improve yourself in this area can be difficult, in part because of the transient nature of emotions. Emotional intelligence involves [...]
How to Identify a Reliable HR Assessment
Whether your HR assessment is intended for pre-hire or for measuring competency, output, or leadership potential in existing employees, it's crucial that your provider has the capacity to deliver to your needs. However, with dozens of HR assessment providers on the market, choosing the right one can be difficult. With buzzwords ranging from big data and gamification to smart-analytics, it can be difficult to determine what actually provides value and what a good service looks [...]
5 Ways to Improve Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) is an often-discussed leadership skill which is used by modern HR to identify candidates, manage promotions, and even develop employees into the leadership positions. It's also a skill that can be learned over time, meaning that even if you aren't innately emotionally intelligent, you can work to improve your EI. These 5 ways to improve your emotional intelligence will give you a basis to begin practicing factors that make you emotionally intelligent [...]
Successfully Navigating the Gig Economy
This is a guest post from Dean Burgess. Dean is fascinated by business-minded people, especially entrepreneurs. He loves to learn about the start of their business journey and where they hope to end up. Technology has changed the way we interact with each other, including how we earn income. Once, your money-earning choices were limited: either find a job working for someone else or go through the harrowing process of starting your own business. The gig [...]