Amy Jacobson

Amy Jacobson is an EI and human behavior specialist, delivering emotional intelligence programs, keynotes & workshops across Australia and internationally. She is a twice-Wiley-published author of 'Emotional Intelligence: A simple and actionable guide to increasing performance, engagement and ownership', and the new book ‘The Emotional Intelligence Advantage: Mastering change and difficult conversations'. 

Amy Jacobson is an Executive Council member at the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow her on LinkedIn, for more information, visit the author’s website CLICK HERE.

Strategic Insights

How to have a hard conversation with someone who isn’t emotionally intelligent

Strategic InsightsAmy Jacobson

A study by Bravely found that 70% of employees are avoiding difficult conversations. This is hardly surprising as the thought of entering into a situation where the outcome is unknown, and extreme emotions could be at play, is not something most adults get excited about. It tends to trigger our...

Strategic Insights

The 5 difficult conversations leaders need to know how to have

Strategic InsightsAmy Jacobson

Difficult conversations are not something that any human being really enjoys. I would be concerned if I met someone who loved having a difficult conversation — that would be a little weird! A difficult conversation is any interaction with another person that is likely to cause unexpected and/or unenjoyable emotions...

Global Perspectives

How the EI process cascades through organisational layers

Global PerspectivesAmy Jacobson

Often decisions are made at a high level in an organisation and then cascade down through the layers. Unfortunately, not all people will leverage their Emotional Intelligence and go through the five steps of the EI process in every situation. We can’t force people to be emotionally intelligent. We can’t...

Strategic Insights

5 steps to boost your Emotional Intelligence

Strategic InsightsAmy Jacobson

The five key concepts of emotional intelligence (EI) are not stand-alone. They are an ever-moving fluent process, from step 1 through to step 5. This process is evident in every part of our lives. Everyone in your workplace is also going through it at their own speed — each at...

Global Perspectives

How to drive workplace change like a champion

Global PerspectivesAmy Jacobson

Launching and implementing a new change successfully requires details and plans — and while we are heavily focused on the process, we never forget the people. The time has finally arrived to sell the change! For our emotional intelligence (EI), it’s about leveraging our motivation and drive. This is the...

Leadership Journal

Why the most effective leaders champion transparency

Leadership JournalAmy Jacobson

The fear of the unknown, next steps or even the fear of losing control will see us relying on trust to help us through. Without trust, progressing to the next stage is an absolute waste of time. Honesty and transparency are some of the core drivers of trust, and being...

Amy Jacobson author The Emotional Intelligence Advantage

Leadership Journal

To successfully embrace change, we first must own and face the loss

Leadership JournalAmy Jacobson

With every change, regardless of whether it is good, bad or ugly, there is always a loss. Once we recognise and understand this, there needs to be some form of closure to draw the line in the sand, so we can stop looking back and start looking forward. With every...

Executive Briefing

The key to creating team alignment

Executive BriefingAmy Jacobson

Having alignment within a team means everyone being on the same page, understanding the vision, the purpose of the team, the values, the goals and the behaviours, and knowing how these all connect from a team level to an organisation level. This alignment helps to create unity across the team. ...

CEOWORLD magazine

Amy Jacobson

How to have a hard conversation with someone who isn’t emotionally intelligent

The 5 difficult conversations leaders need to know how to have

How the EI process cascades through organisational layers

5 steps to boost your Emotional Intelligence

How to drive workplace change like a champion

Why the most effective leaders champion transparency

To successfully embrace change, we first must own and face the loss

The key to creating team alignment

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