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HR Takes Center Stage During the Pandemic

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Now more than ever, these emotional intelligence (EQ) skills, especially self-awareness and empathy, are essential to a work culture that maintains the morale, resilience, and engagement of employees. There is no question that employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being during 2020 has been tested like never before.

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The Best Intentions That Ruin the Pursuit of Great Company Culture

ExactHire Recruiting

For example, an organization’s tendency for employees to be abrasively free-wheeling with their opinions could, with a little bit of emotional intelligence training, be channeled into a strength of championing candor for the effective continuous improvement of processes.

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