How Emotional Intelligence affects team performance

Having worked with different teams over time, a pattern has emerged: The success of a team does not rely entirely on the technical knowledge of each member, but another cohesive power that keeps a team together and enables it to excel. This presentation looks at how emotional intelligence is the other cohesive force that helps teams increase their performance, through through traits defined by author Daniel Goleman. This talk defines what success may look like in different teams, and how to use emotional intelligence to define and achieve it.

This talk challenges each person to increase their emotional intelligence while also helping others in their team grow everyday. It also encourages everyone to try out one trait that they may be lacking it and look for best ways to develop it daily. Attendees learn how a team can best utilise individual and varied strengths to build a more productive and cohesive team.

About Ann Mwangi

Ann Mwangi is a software developer and consultant at ThoughtWorks for projects across different domains mainly in Uganda and Australia. She had a stint as a quality analyst to understand the challenges of maintaining quality in a system.

Ann contributes to open source projects and has served as a mentor with groups like Rails Girls, coaching and working with young people interested in IT. Ann is an international speaker with experience speaking across 4 continents. She is intrigued by the complexity of life, people, and how teams effectively work together.

Ann hates being stagnant in life and thus keeps seeking for opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.

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