Quick Emotional Intelligence Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Team Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes

by Adele B. Lynn

This simple, easy-to-use book gives managers, supervisors, and team leaders activities to help their teams overcome emotional obstacles and become more effective. In a team situation, many issues -- like lack of trust and commitment, unresolved conflicts, and the inability of individuals to understand how their actions impact the rest of the team -- can stop even the most promising groups from delivering great results. In Quick Emotional Intelligence Activities for Busy Managers , you will find powerful, proven exercises they can use to help Each activity is followed by a discussion of its purpose, how to use it, and a list of post-activity questions to help solidify each lesson. This practical, effective collection of proven exercises will elicit the best from any team.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Management, Teaching

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2001

Reviews

[Sandeep Gautam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This a decent book listing down several activities that you can perform with your team members to build their emotional intelligence and create a right environment in the team. The activities do not cover the entire gambit of EI competencies , but are more suited for some of theme - like teamwork and collaboration.
It is directed towards people managers and they will certainly find some areas that they can experiment with with their teams and some other activities that may just fall flat or seem flippant or appear contrived. Use your judgement to pick and choose what may work in your team and organization.
The format is easy to read and follow and the flow is smooth. Read it, experiment with it and slowly but surely change the tone and tenor of your team interactions!

[Michael Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would suit a new manager or team leader in his or her first management position. It would suit someone in their 20's or early 30's who has yet to think through what it means to manage people, why we do it, what their management style is...

It is all about empowerment/ my vision for the team/ that sort of stuff.

These days I find the EQ literature a bit shallow.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book for managers. Have used this at two companies as part of weekly status meetings to generate ideas, encourage collaboration and idea/risk taking, and establish common ground.

[Laura Hoffman Brauman]

Really liked this one -- very useful, simple to implement.