Dear Colleague,

Have you ever experienced that moment when you feel a sudden wave of physical change such as an accelerated heart beat or clammy palms? Have you been in a meeting where you can suddenly see and feel the mood shifting, people's body language changing, and/or responding differently? These are a couple of examples of heightened emotional intelligence - the ability to identify emotions in yourself and others and then to use this ability to effectively manage relationship with others. We are all familiar with IQ but what about the role of EI, Emotional Intelligence, as a measure of personal as well as potential leadership success and ultimately organizational performance?

I look forward to hearing from you with your updates as well as your EQ learnings! Have a wonderful summer with plenty of fun and relaxation!

Best Regards,

Rita Balian Allen

Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence is a topic of continued importance and impacts every aspect of life across all environments, personally and professionally. Studies have indicated that building emotional intelligence is not only a strong predictor of effective leadership but can contribute to greater productivity, performance and ultimately profitability for all. What level of EQ do you and your leaders possess? Read more….

People often ask, 'Can you develop emotional intelligence skills or does it need to be innate?" Yes, you can develop these skills and work on building them on an on-going basis, 'Five Practices to Build Emotionally Intelligent Leaders'.

UMass Lowell's Annual Women's Conference University of Massachusetts Lowell held their annual Women's Leadership Conference this month. What an inspiring day it was with over 350 women attending and a variety of speakers across various tracks. I was honored to be one of those speakers on the topic of 'Emotional Intelligence as a Leadership Predictor'.

New Website If you missed it, please be sure to visit my updated website at www.ritaballenassociates.com and scroll through all the pages. I welcome your feedback!

About Rita

Rita Balian Allen is the president of Rita B. Allen Associates, a national career management firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, management training and career development. She is a lecturer at Boston-area universities, a sought-after speaker and presenter, the author of numerous articles, blogs, columns and the book, "Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself: The Three Ps Marketing Technique as a Guide to Career Empowerment". She has been a regular contributor for the Chief Learning Officer, Huffington Post and Leadership & Management Books as well as a variety of other publications. Rita brings much human resources experience to her practice, has worked with leaders across all industries and professions and was voted one of the top ten executive coaches by the Boston Women's Business Journal. She currently serves as a board member of The Boston Club as President.

Services

Rita B. Allen Associates offers customized career management consulting and coaching services to individuals and organizations with specialties in a variety of talent management content areas including:

Recent and Upcoming Presentations

The Maine Women's Conference
Accelerate Your Career Through Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself
Portland, Maine
September 18, 2019

WEST(Women in the Enterprise of Science and Technology)
EQ as a Leadership Predictor
Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA
July 31, 2019 6:00-8:00 PM