August 28, 2025
1088: How to Build Higher Performing Teams with Emotional Intelligence with Vanessa Druskat
How to Be Awesome at Your JobAbout this episode
Vanessa Druskat reveals an overlooked key to unlocking your team’s performance: emotional intelligence. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The number one skill leaders need to work on 2) Why a team of stars doesn’t guarantee results—and what will 3) Two easy practices that unlock greater performance Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1088 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT VANESSA — Vanessa Druskat is an associate professor at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. As an internationally recognized leadership and team performance expert, Vanessa Druskat advises leaders and teams at over a dozen Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies. Her best-selling Harvard Business Review article (with S. Wolff) on emotionally intelligent teams has been chosen six times for inclusion in collections of HBR’s most valued articles. She is the recipient of multiple research and teaching awards. • Book: The Emotionally Intelligent Team: Building Collaborative Groups that Outperform the Rest • LinkedIn: Vanessa Druskat • Website: VanessaDruskat.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Stakeholder Analysis Worksheet • Organization: Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence • Book: Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew Lieberman • Past episode: 159: Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich • Past episode: 1085: How to Find More Fun at Work Every Day with Bree Groff — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome • LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome • Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome • Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .