How to Cultivate Emotional Intelligence: A 5-Step Approach
In part two of our Emotional Intelligence series, Prof. VGT offers five easy ways to boost EI. 1. Become aware of and tune into your emotions. One of the first, and perhaps most important steps, is to become more self aware, or to develop the ability to tune into your own emotions. Why? In order to […]
Emotional Intelligence: An Introduction to EQ
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) has been for long wrongly assumed to be the sole denominator of intelligence, but today, Emotional Quotient (EQ) is considered even more important than IQ. Prof. VGT explains just what emotional intelligence (EI) is and how it’s significant. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and regulate one’s emotions and understand the emotions […]
Anger Management: Tips to Control Your Emotions
Do you often lose your cool when things go wrong at work? If you are one of those easily angered, chronically irritable persons, it is better to learn a few tips to keep this emotion under check, explains Prof. VGT. Anger is a completely normal emotion if it is within limits. We all experience it as a fleeting […]
Dealing with Criticism: Strategies for Receiving and Giving
Giving or accepting criticism is inevitable at the workplace, but the effectiveness of the criticism depends on your approach to it, writes Prof. VGT.
How to Lead: A Crash Course in Leadership
‘Most people never manage to lead those who work with them correctly because of not understanding the true meaning of a leader,’ says Prof. VGT. So what is the right way? Read on to find out!
Don’t Bury the Past: Build on It for Project Success
The Importance of Post-Project Reviews Often, we avoid self-assessment because we prefer not to be reminded of our failures if any. We bury the past and move ahead smugly acknowledging that brooding over the past is of little help. But by doing so, we actually fail to grasp important lessons from the past. A better […]
One Erring Member Can Sink a Team
And what you can do as a leader or a colleague to avoid capsizing What is teamwork, really? Just another word for interdependence, that is, everybody working together in tandem to achieve optimum results. The trouble, however, starts when one of the members slacks on their responsibilities or is not able to complete their tasks or […]
Offer a Smile; Win Productivity
‘Most people never manage to lead those who work with them correctly because of not understanding the true meaning of a leader,’ says Prof. VGT. So what is the right way? Read on to find out!
Master Social Skills: Essential for Workplace Excellence
‘TO WIN with poise, to lose with grace, to communicate with clarity and convince with ease, and to command respect and be endearing to all, is an ideal for many, especially at the workplace. To accomplish this task of universal endearment, positive attitude and appropriate action that exudes grace and élan, all one needs is to have the correct social skills,’ writes Prof. V. G. Thyagarajan.
