Squiggly Careers Team Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to High-Performing Teams
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Nov 4, 2025 Uncover the power of team emotional intelligence as Sarah and Helen share insights from groundbreaking research. Explore how emotional awareness can enhance motivation and trust among team members. Learn about a practical quiz developed using AI to assess team dynamics. The discussion dives into crucial categories of emotional intelligence, offering actionable rituals like 'challenge and build' for fostering feedback. Gain tips on building better stakeholder relationships and when to reassess your team's emotional intelligence for optimal performance.
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Awareness + Action Drives Team Performance
- Team emotional intelligence is about shared awareness of feelings plus collective action to use that awareness.
- Vanessa Urch Druskat's research links it to higher motivation and better collective performance.
Measure Your Team With A Simple Quiz
- Create a simple anonymous quiz to measure your team's emotional intelligence across defined categories.
- Use AI to draft questions and iterate until the survey fits your team, then share and compare team-wide scores.
Team View Reveals Different Priorities
- Team scores reveal collective patterns that individual self-assessments miss.
- Comparing aggregated results helps move from awareness to team action planning.
