One Little Word: Our Inspiration for 2020
For years, I've been bumping into blog posts where people share their word for the year. It always intrigued me, but I could never figure out how someone could pick one word, one little word, and build an entire year around it. Then last year, while working on strategic plans for Emergent, I uncovered my word…
How to Thank Your Employees in Meaningful Ways
Taking a few moments to let our employees know that they are appreciated and that we are grateful for their contributions to our team is vital to keeping morale high and office culture healthy. It's also important that we take the time to understand each contributor on our team and express our thanks in a way that they will not only value, but will leave them inspired and energized in their work…
How to Approach an Apathetic Leader
There are few things more frustrating than a disconnect between what a supervisor sees as important and what their team recognizes as valuable. Several years ago I had a job that required editing technical articles. After a change was made to the types of articles we were editing, the other editors and myself realized that the previous process was no longer feasible…
Four Soft Skills You Might Be Overlooking
Studies have repeatedly shown that soft skills are not as "soft" as was once thought. While more difficult to train than hard skills, soft skills are vital to success in business and life. Often the most frequently discussed soft skills are: communication, trust, management, and leadership abilities. But what about the others…
The Emotional Intelligence Tools I Wish I Had in College
I began my summer internship at Emergent with little knowledge of Emotional Intelligence or personality assessments like Identity Mapping. Since learning more about emotional intelligence and Identity Mapping, I can't help but wonder what areas of my life would benefit from emotional intelligence development…
Reframing: The Psychology Hack for Positive Thinking
I bet if I asked you to think of someone at work who grates on your nerves, you'd probably be able to name them pretty quickly (in your head, of course). Whether it's a client, coworker, or supervisor, we all can get hung up by people who simply annoy us at work…
Why Opposites Attract
The law of attraction has been fueling new relationships for centuries, particularly the law of opposites. The things we are lacking in often look exotic and appealing in others. This leads to the common phenomenon of "opposites attract", in which we find ourselves in relationships with others with personalities or behaviors seemingly opposite our own…
Top 7 Misconceptions about Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
Being in the business of emotional intelligence, we often hear comments about EQ that don't quite hit the mark. As a relatively new concept, EQ hasn't yet joined the laypersons vocabulary. Which means sometimes people have heard of EQ, but they don't quite understand what it is or means…
