by Joanie Connell | Mar 16, 2018 | Emotional Intelligence, Life Change, Podcast, Resilient
Sean Douglas interviews Joanie about career change, leadership development, resilience, emotional intelligence, and how to transform your life. Great stories, humor, and inspirational messages. Listen here.
by Joanie Connell | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Parenting for the Workplace
An eighth grade girl had a concussion and dropped her books at school. An eighth grade boy walked by her and laughed at her in front of his friends. Did any of them stop to help her? No. As parents, we’re mortified to know our sons and daughters are...
by Joanie Connell | Aug 30, 2016 | Assessment, Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Listening, REAL Life Skills
Recent events have increased my curiosity about sociopaths—terrorists, mass shootings, politicians, The Big Short, and non-criminal business people who use others to get what they want. I’d like to share what I’ve found.* Who’s a sociopath? Sociopaths (or...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Managing Change, Resilient
Over the years, we have developed deeply ingrained habits of how we react to things. These habits are often formed in childhood and may not be useful to us as adults. The following diagram shows how a habit plays out. We react to a trigger in the environment (or...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Hiring, Leadership, REAL Life Skills, Values
Do you agree with this? It’s harder to turn someone down than to be turned down. By the way people communicate these days, it certainly seems true. Take, for example, the number of times you’ve emailed someone and they’ve failed to reply. Have you done that to people...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 28, 2014 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement and Retention, Leadership
10 SIGNS YOU’RE A SCARY LEADER: Conversations stop when you walk by. People laugh at your jokes (even when they’re not funny). All of your brainstorming ideas are “good ones.” Your 360-degree feedback comes back with all scores 5 out of 5. Employees avoid...
