01/30/2025

How EQ Can Help Us Reinvent Ourselves at Work

Workers can utilize emotional intelligence to boost their long-term success

Today's fast-paced workplace requires us to change and adapt at increasing speeds, while managing complex interpersonal demands. Despite these challenges, we can utilize emotional intelligence (EQ) to meet these continually increasing demands and excel in our new reality.

The basis of EQ is the ability to recognize, understand and manage our emotions—as well as know how they impact others. Beyond that, emotional intelligence gives us greater ability to understand the emotions of others, allowing for greater empathy. This, in turn, increases our ability to work effectively with others of different backgrounds and perspectives.

Glenn Llopis, author of Make Reinvention Your Superpower, argues that a lack of EQ traps people in what he calls "career quicksand." He said that this occurs when individuals lose sight of their unique capabilities because they are rewarded for following the corporate playbook instead of their own. As a result, they are not encouraged to explore new ideas, having been trained to believe that success relies on executing old ones.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.