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Employees say they feel inspired about 25% of the time when they have supervisors with low emotional intelligence, and about 75% of the time under managers with high emotional intelligence. That’s a huge difference. Think of productivity and all the creative ideas that will exist in the emotionally intelligent workplace, and now ask yourself why they don’t exist in more workplaces.

On the surface, all our workplace interactions are about work: planning a meeting, developing a product with a team, navigating a contract. But these interactions take place within relationships; everything that happens at work is, at heart, an emotional moment. Emotions shape our decision-making, especially in group settings. Even the emotions of 1 person can facilitate or derail the mood & effectiveness of a team.