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Book review: Shift: How to manage your emotions so they don’t manage you by Ethan Kross

I’ve been asked several times recently to write and advise on emotional intelligence. Particularly with regards to how people can improve their management of emotions (emotional regulation). Most therapy clients want help in mastering their emotional life too. This 200 page, 2025 book by an American professor (who leads an Read More

2026-06-19T08:59:56+01:00June 19, 2026|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|

Book review: The psychology of successful women by Shona Rowan

I’ve known the author Shona Rowan (who is a high-performance coach, shares my love of psychology and understands professional services) for some time so I was keen to read her first book. I usually avoid anything that is aimed at women – yet this book contains some practical, straight-talking advice Read More

2024-09-22T11:01:19+01:00June 2, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Book review: The Awareness Code – The secrets to emotional empowerment for incredible leadership by Wayne Linton and Steve Tappin

This article appeared in the February 2022 edition of Professional Marketing magazine.  With 57,000 books on leadership listed on Amazon I wondered whether there was anything new to say on the topic. But the authors of this book come from a rather different perspective – emotional intelligence is the broadest Read More

2022-02-02T11:26:18+00:00February 2, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|
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