Smart2Smarter

In my blog Career Resilience: The Art of Bouncing Back, I discussed my coaching sessions with leaders and career clients and how often they want to learn how to manage their emotional reactions to perceived failures or how to stop tolerating a culture of blame in the work place.

Actually, people like me who work with clients in a coaching role, actively listen to spot the thought patterns that “pull the client down or pull the client up”. Furthermore, research demonstrates that people who are naturally resilient have an optimistic explanatory style—that is, they explain adversity in optimistic terms to avoid falling into feelings of helplessness.

What do 9 year olds look for in their teachers? Emotional Intelligence, of course!

How we respond to setbacks and how quickly we bounce back depends on the SMARTER skill of resilience. The wisdom of learning from career adversity is undeniable, yet individuals often avoid rather than embrace the lessons of adversity. Resilience does not mean how you initially react to adverse events, but how you eventually react and learn from them.

Social Intelligence and Career Resilience: What Employers Really Want! According to Jim Hasse, in his blog post Social Intelligence: A Skill Every Job Seeker Needs, he cites Cynthia Kivland’ s book Smart2Smarter which states “employers will hire candidates who have those “SMARTER” social and emotional intelligence skills”. We know that employers state in job ads …