by joieseldon | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Leadership
If you are the CEO, a supervisor, manager, team leader, or have others report to you, you are the boss to someone. When you are the boss, you have authority. When you have authority, you have power. When you have power, you have impact. Yes, we all have impact. But...
by joieseldon | May 24, 2016 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Managing Conflict
Have you ever sent an email or text, or left a message with someone and never heard back? You’re left hanging, wondering, “Did they get it? Are they ignoring me?” I recently facilitated a discussion on Emotional Intelligence for a group of high-powered women...
by joieseldon | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Managing Conflict, Stress Management
In order to manage conflict, you need to know whether or not what you have before you is really conflict? Too often, the word conflict is applied to a situation where what’s actually happening is disagreement, or missing information, a misunderstanding, or someone is...
by joieseldon | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Leadership, Women
Along with other members of ICF-SF Bay Area Coaches, I recently had the honor to provide Spotlight Coaching sessions to attendees of the Watermark Lead On Silicon Valley Conference for Women. Many of the women wanted help with taking the next step in their career....
by joieseldon | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence
Continued from Part 2… If you aren’t able to directly express your anger, it’s important to not hold onto it. Write it out, express it in meditation, talk it out with a friend, or do something creative with it. Just don’t repress it. Repressed, or stuffed,...
by joieseldon | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence
Continued from Part 1… How to Manage Your Anger Let’s look at the steps you can take to effectively get angry in a healthy way: Get to know your body’s experience of anger. Your body doesn’t necessarily know if your life is in danger, it just feels some sense of...
