by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Apr 21, 2020 | Leadership, Time Management, Work/Life Balance
For many, working from home is a whole new experience with many challenges: physical, mental and emotional! Whether you live alone or with others, there is a lot to adjust to. You’ve made it through the first few weeks, but now that it looks like it could go on for a...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Apr 2, 2019 | Communication, Work/Life Balance
Social skills is the final element of Emotional Intelligence – it relies on the three others we covered in earlier blogs – being more self-aware, regulating your own emotions and having empathy with others. Social skills are how you connect with others and...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Jan 28, 2019 | Communication, Work/Life Balance
Our previous blogs on Emotional Intelligence (EI) discussed being more self-aware and better regulating your emotions in difficult circumstances. The next element in EI shifts the focus from yourself to others. Being “empathetic” means you fully tune in to...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Dec 5, 2018 | Communication, Work/Life Balance
Understanding and working with the elements of Emotional Intelligence gives you skills that make difficult interactions easier in the work place (and elsewhere). Last issue we looked at self-awareness as an element of EQ. The second element of EQ is self-regulation –...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Nov 13, 2018 | Communication, Work/Life Balance
Understanding emotional intelligence can help us communicate more effectively in the workplace (and in life!). The term emerged from research by Daniel Goleman, who first coined the term “Emotional Intelligence”. He referred to this as EQ as opposed to IQ. One of the...
by nicole@kriegersolutions.com | Jan 17, 2018 | Difficult People, Work/Life Balance
I was recently asked in a communication skills training, “How do we bring the two sides of our country closer together?” My response was simple, but sad … “I don’t know”. America has not been this divided in many years, maybe back to the Civil War – which was...
