New: Emotional Intelligence for Everyone Else eBook
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I'm happy to announce the publication of my new eBook "Emotional Intelligence for Everyone Else" — which I like to call “hard work for good people.” That’s you!
This book is a revised and expanded version of the content that’s been serialized here over the past couple of months.
This 55 Page PDF eBook is packed with tips, instructions, exercise, diagrams and ideas for people looking to be more emotionally intelligent at work.
You’ll be happy to hear this eBook is completely free of DRM. It’s a straightforward and simple PDF carefully designed by yours truly.
If you’ve been reading the newsletter the content will be familiar. Here’s why you should buy the PDF even if you’ve read the newsletter:
It’s an easy, subscription-free way to support my work
The content is revised, corrected, and expanded
You can easily print it out to read in the bathtub or train
I’ve added more exercises, links, and action items to help build your EQ skills
The PDF is easy to load on your Kindle or other eBook reader
You can easily share it by email with other folks
Sales of this edition will help make the case for my next literary effort
I really appreciate your support!
What Can the Emotional Quotient or "EQ" Do For You?
Emotional intelligence is a powerful tool that is proven by research to be associated with tons of awesome outcomes. All of these are backed up by links included in the text that you can find in the PDF:
Supports resilient teams
Stronger and deeper relationships with managers
Predicts the performance of job candidates
Resolves interpersonal conflicts
Supports DEI efforts and understanding of diverse teams
Eases remote/global collaboration
Here's an excerpt from the introduction. The rest of the text is now behind the Safe @ Work paywall. You can get access to the newsletter version by becoming a subscriber to the paid edition of the newsletter.
Some are born emotionally intelligent. These lucky few possess an intuitive emotional quotient (“EQ”). It’s like they speak a secret language wordlessly from birth.
For everybody else: Welcome, please have a seat!
You’ve come here to increase your EQ after painful or disappointing encounters and perhaps two or more divorces. You may have been advised of an EQ deficiency by a manager. A colleague may have politely suggested you’re a bit difficult to work with.
Has any evidence cropped up in other aspects of your emotional life? Has a romantic partner or family member alerted you to the need to polish your emotional skill set?
Even after years of therapy, are you still feeling a little rough around the edges? None of that matters now, my friend. If your heart is open, even if it’s a little broken, you’ve come to the right place.
Join me on this journey as we learn about how relationships and feelings affect us in our work and empower us in our careers. Come with me as we grow more emotionally intelligent together.
The book contains four chapters:
Self-awareness: Be aware of your emotions. Regulate your reactions to stressful situations. Be aware of patterns of behavior, and interrupt them when necessary. Understand your need for recognition, and inventory your capabilities and opportunities to improve.
Empathy: Understand the feelings and experiences of others before making decisions that affect them. Adopt the perspective of your team members or collaborators. Ask questions to gain understanding about the experiences of others before you act or react.
Respect: Leaders show respect by prioritizing worker safety. Understand workers’ need for emotional safety by ensuring their dignity is preserved at all times. This includes difficult conversations such as criticism or termination. The respect that leaders are shown flows from the respect they show to their workers, the consistency of their behavior, and the elevation of professionalism in their style and tone.
Compassion: A compassionate person puts their empathy and respect to work. They use their understanding of somebody’s needs to get off their butt and help out. Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga describes a Decency Quotient (“DQ”) as the genuine desire to do the right thing for employees and customers. Compassionate leaders put down the tissues and make decisions or take action to help out those who need it.
The price is $19 and there's a 20% off coupon you can use when you checkout: SAFE
You can also use that code on my earlier eBooks, How to Business (on basic business skills) and Firing with Compassion.
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--Matthew