029: Geetu Bharwaney: Team Emotional Intelligence: The Essential Role of Team Emotion in High Performance

Join Dr. Krister Lowe and leading organizational coach Geetu Bharwaney—a thought leader in the areas of Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Resilience and Team Emotional Intelligence—for this week’s episode of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast.  Geetu is the Founding Director of Ei World Limited, the Author of “Emotional Resilience: Know What It Takes to Be Agile, Adaptable and Always at Your Best," and an executive coach, team coach, mentor and consultant.  She has more than 25 years of experience helping organizations develop high performance.  Ei World Limited is a company based in the UK at the forefront of innovative development programs based on Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Resilience. Geetu and her team support talent management, team coaching and leadership development of individuals and teams in the world’s most prestigious companies across 37 countries.  She has been using the Team Emotional Intelligence Survey since 2012 and equips other team coaches in its effective use. 

In this thought-provoking episode of the podcast, Geetu shares her insights on a number of themes including: team emotions and team emotional intelligence; the role of emotion in high performance teams; 4 common challenges that arise in teams that reveal underlying emotional dynamics; Geetu’s 5 element approach to coaching teams using a team emotional intelligence framework; The Team Emotional Intelligence Survey; her recently published book on “Emotional Resilience: Know What It Takes to Be Agile, Adaptable and Always at Your Best;” and differentiating emotional resilience from emotional intelligence.  Geetu also shares a number of compelling stories, insights and lessons learned from her practice coaching teams.

This is a rich episode brimming over with value and lessons learned that both new as well as experienced team coaches will want to listen to multiple times!