“Vivo Team's program allowed me to gain more self-awareness, which has greatly and positively impacted the kind of leader I am. Thank you for this learning opportunity."

- Lorne Schmidt, Credit Manager North America, SureWerx

How's Your Self-Awareness?

A key ingredient of emotional intelligence, self-awareness is the ability to recognize what you are feeling, understand your emotional responses to events, and recognize how your emotions affect your behaviors.

When you are self-aware, you see yourself as others see you and how your behaviors affect others. Want to know how self-aware you really are? Take our 5 question self-assessment to find out!

Psychological Safety: A Win-Win for

Employee Wellness and Performance

Guest article for Training Industry, by Renée Safrata

Psychological safety serves a dual purpose: It supports both workplace wellness and employee performance. Given that wellness and performance are interdependent, psychological safety is crucial to building a successful, human-centered workplace. Psychological safety is . . . read more. 

Languish, Live, Learn

Work to be more self-aware this month. How? Renée suggests trying to:

• Recognize what you are feeling
• Understand your emotional responses to events
• Consider how your emotions affect your behaviors

It’s okay to languish, or live, or learn—as long as you’re aware of these behaviors and how they affect others. 

Energy Booster

Dear Dr. Jim,

Our team used to thrive off of each other’s energy and the ability to work closely together. But now, with a hybrid workforce, I’m finding it challenging to foster that same collaboration and inspired environment. What can I do?
- Beth*

Hi Beth*,
We see this all the time when there is a major shift of some kind. This is a major shift for many people (when they go from working in the office to working remotely). You’ll notice behavior changes, some people may have been really good at what they were doing before, but are maybe not so good now. I recommend . . . read more