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The Downsides of Being Very Emotionally Intelligent

Harvard Business

The main reason for this is Gemma’s high emotional intelligence (EQ), which explains all of the qualities described above. Salespeople, real-estate agents, customer support reps, counselors, and psychologists all benefit from EQ like Gemma’s.

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How to Use Mindfulness to Increase Your Team’s Creativity

Harvard Business

based real estate firm to examine whether a mindfulness training program could influence a team’s creativity. Companies such as Google and Aetna offer corporate-based mindfulness programs to strengthen their employees’ emotional intelligence and well-being.

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When Your Boss Has an Angry Outburst, What Do They Do Next?

Harvard Business

In the first study, 31 leaders and 72 direct reports from a real estate organization completed a survey at the end of each workday for 10 days. To test this, we conducted a pair of studies sampling 99 leaders and 140 immediate followers in China over a period of two weeks.