Now more than ever, emotional intelligence is the key to creating a healthy and well-functioning workplace. If you’ve ever had questions about what emotional intelligence is exactly, or how you can apply your emotional quotient (EQ) score to your work and life right now, we have answers.

Executive coaching offers individuals the opportunity to work with an accredited coach and develop their skills in a safe and collaborative environment that enhances professional performance. Coaching can improve self-awareness, support behavioural change and challenge ways of working to help an individual achieve their potential (to name a few).

Both empathy and sympathy play a role in our personal and professional lives; however, these two concepts are often confused with one another. The key in understanding the difference between these two concepts as actions is particularly relevant for leaders in the modern workplace.

Leaders globally are grappling with how to lead with the sort of deep courage, conviction and care that is more positive than the pandemic is destructive.

The TriMetrix EQ is one of four psychometric assessments in the TTI Success Insights TriMetrix series of multi-science assessments. It’s a tool that can be introduced and add value at any point in the employee lifecycle, and it happens to be our most popular offering. 

Who has more stress? A CEO or an Administrator? You might think the CEO has more to worry about, and that's a reasonable assumption. After all, those who occupy the most senior positions are required to shoulder greater responsibilities than those in administration or support roles.

The fight-or-flight response (or fight-flight-fright-freeze-faint) is also known as the acute stress response, although many writers refer to it simply as the stress response.

Stress management is different for everyone. There's no one-size-fits-all approach; however, there are common strategies that emerge time and time again in the stress management literature. Having reviewed many of these strategies, here are our top 10.