What is emotional literacy?
To answer this question, let’s first look at what is meant by literacy.
When we have literacy in a particular language, we are able to use that language in a way that serves us. We are free to choose the words and grammatical distinctions of that language to read and write in a way that helps us to participate and communicate in the world.
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Recently, this audio of a conversation between an air traffic controller and a student pilot has been doing the rounds of the internet. The student was having his third flying lesson, the first in that particular plane. The flight instructor experienced a medical emergency,
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As a leader or manager, what are you creating from your opinions that you may not be aware of? How is what you are creating serving you?
Humans go about life, forming opinions about people, situations and events. These opinions often become our truth,
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Many years ago, I participated in a workshop where the workshop facilitator read out loud the poem “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar. Before he did so, he asked the group to pay attention to their thoughts while he read the poem. When he had finished reading,
What is organisational culture? I decided to ask wikipedia:
Organizational culture encompasses values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of a business. The organizational culture influences the way people interact, the context within which knowledge is created, the resistance they will have towards certain changes,
I have previously been offered an interpretation that a large number of offers being made in an organisation suggests a healthy, functioning organisation. In my mind, this makes sense. People make offers to assist someone else in taking care of something, and I think that people are less inclined to want to help others if their own needs are not being met or are at risk of not being met.
Recently, I have been reflecting on moods and emotions in the workplace. It has been interesting to view the conversations and interactions at work from a place of curiosity about the moods from which people may be operating, and I feel as though doing so has significantly helped my learning and growth.
What has occurred to me is that humans are often quick to judge the behaviours of other humans.
When we think of great leadership, we tend to think of qualities such as compassion, flexibility, understanding, honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, respect, integrity, trust in others, strength, and so the list goes on. But is great leadership really about possessing all of these qualities? Can one person be all of the above? What makes an extraordinary leader?