Posted inEmotional Intelligence Teamwork on Trial: Why Alignment Feels Impossible Posted by Colette March 7, 2025Tags: conflict resolution at work, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence in teams, Empathy, EQ, improving workplace relationships through active listening, leadership and teamwork, managing difficult stakeholders, managing team expectations, navigating team conflicts with empathy, overcoming miscommunication in teams, preventing misalignment, project management challenges, stakeholder management, team alignment, team communication, workplace accountability, workplace collaboration Alignment or Chaos? How to Get Your Team on the Same Page Karen is questioning…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence Why Technical Skills Won’t Save You From Office Politics (But This Will) Posted by Colette March 6, 2025Tags: building workplace relationships, career growth, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence at work, emotional intelligence in tech, Empathy, EQ, layoffs, navigating office politics, nonverbal communication at work, relationship management at work, soft skill sin tech, trust and reliability at work, understanding offie culture, workplace dynamics Like rain, office politics are unavoidable. You can’t ignore them—but you can learn to move…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence From Algorithms to EQ: How AI Can Sharpen Your Soft Skills Posted by Colette January 27, 2025Tags: AI, Algorithm, artificial intelligence, brain, data, dialogue, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, fire drill, self-awareness, Soft skills From Data to Dialogue You brainstormed with ChatGPT, your trusted AI Chatbot, to flush out…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence The Silent Killer in Tech: Why Burnout is a No Go Posted by Colette January 24, 2025Tags: burnout, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, how to know you are burnt out, saying no, self-awareness, Self-management, setting boundaries, silent killer, tech stack Just STOP IT before it sneaks up on you A couple of years ago, I…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence The Art of Debugging: Why Panic Makes Everything Worse Posted by Colette January 24, 2025Tags: analysis, bugs in code, code, debug, development team, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, frustrated, panic, relationship management, root cause, self-awareness, stress Stress Kills Solutions: Stay Cool, Debug Smarter You fix a bug, and then 3 more…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence 4 Surprising Ways EQ Can Make or Break Your Ambitions Posted by Colette January 9, 2025Tags: career goals, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, EQ, EQ strategies, Goal Achievement, Goal setting, IQ, New Year's Resolutions, personal growth, productivity, relationship management, self-awareness, Self-management, social awareness The EQ Strategies you are Not Using (Yet) It's February 2025, and you have already…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence Shifting Project Requirements? Stay Flexible Without Losing Ittitle Posted by Colette December 22, 2024Tags: Agile, align, artificial intelligence, changing requirements, data, defensive, documentation, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, engineer, enhancements, logic, project goals, project manager, project requirements, quick update, relationship management, self-awareness, senior leader, sentient human, stakeholders, waterfall Stop Playing Defense & Own the Chaos It's Monday morning, and you get a ping…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence Is Your Productivity Under Attack? Strategies to Safeguard Your Focus Posted by Colette December 9, 2024Tags: boundaries, burnout, communication, concentration, Deep work, distraction, Emotional Intelligence, focus time, Gamma, productivity, protecting focus time, self-advocacy, setting boundaries, time blocking, time management, Workplace Culture Defend Your Day, Reclaim Your Mind It’s 4, and it feels like you got nothing…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence Beyond the Code: How to Get Management on Your Side Posted by Colette December 7, 2024Tags: data, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, logic, project manager, senior leader, social awareness, tech Don't make management your Frenemy You have just finished explaining something, and the senior leader…
Posted inEmotional Intelligence Unlock Creative Flow in 10 Minutes: Combatting Tech’s Constant Innovation Pressure Posted by Colette November 22, 2024Tags: boundaries, communication, creative, Emotional Intelligence, flow, flow state, self-awareness, take a break Creativity when you are going fast, Faster and FASTER The press for more and more…