What's so important about Emotional Intelligence?

What is Emotional Intelligence or EI?

EI is the difference between the child who was never really great at school who became successful as an adult, and the child who had straight A's and did not. It is that ability to get on in life and manage and cope with what is going on within you and around you.

Salovey & Meyer describe it as "the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions" which pretty much sums it up.

In today's world, employers and companies are realising the importance of EI in the workplace. An individual who has good emotional intelligence is a more productive and effective employee; and if there is a culture of emotional intelligence within a company, this will lead to higher productivity, lower staff turnover and much more besides.

EI can be introduced to a company or individual by either assessment or awareness training and there is proven return on investment.

The applications of EI are many, from Leadership Development, Recruitment, Team Development, Personal Growth, Preparation for Retirement and much more.

If you are interested in learning more about EI please contact Eileen by phone 086 6007125 or email info@nucleuscoaching.com

"Those executives who lacke EI were rarely rated as outstanding, and their divisions underperformed by an average of almost 20%"

Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review 2000.

Retirement plans can start at anytime..............

Retirement is probably the furthest thing from your mind, especially if you are in your 40's or 50's, however it is never too early to begin thinking about and planning for your retirement.

Now I am all for living in the now, I do not believe in living in the past or the future, today is where we are and we need to be able to savour and experience the best that life has to offer. That is why it is so important to begin thinking about the future in a small way so that when you do retire you will continue to enjoy and savour life and get the best out of this time.

I have no intention of 'retiring' as in giving up work in the traditional sense when I reach my 60's (Iam now in my late(ish) 40's), and like the new wave of retirees intend to work to some degree as long as possible so that I can still contribute, feel productive and feel good in and about myself. That's my choice, there may be others to do want to retire in the traditional sense and be able to have as much leisure and free time as possible. However, what we each choose to do is not what's important, it's whether or not we prepare so that whatever we want retirement to look or feel like for us will become a reality