The Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. Success System for Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Grow Your Business By Growing Your People
Embedding emotional intelligence in the workplace gives people room to grow.
- Instead of letting negative storytelling set limits on their success, they can flip their thinking and push through self-doubt to exceed their own expectations.
- Instead of difficult conversations blowing up into conflict, they can take 10 steps back, see that their perception of the conversation is just that, their personal interpretation, and choose the best way to react.
- Instead of being stuck at the same obstacle again and again, they know how to change their thoughts, behaviour and results to get the best out of themselves and the people they work with.
Building strong self-esteem, resilience and communication skills, improves productivity, collaboration and performance, driving positive business outcomes across the board. Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. is the emotional intelligence skills framework for a better way of working that impacts your bottom line.
The Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. Story
The Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. methodology for emotional intelligence in the workplace is the result of Joanne Grobbelaar’s 15+ years as a business development consultant and the previous 20 years climbing the corporate ladder. Having clocked up thousands of hours coaching and consulting with hundreds of organisations across a full range of industries, sizes, maturity levels and goals, she’s seen the good, the bad and the ugly. She can recognise patterns, provide perspective, see routes forward and apply her knowledge bank to unique situations.
A pattern she recognised in all organisations was the connection between emotional intelligence in the workplace and successful business development. Before businesses can do more, they need to look at how their people manage themselves and their team to make progress towards the business vision. She developed a 4 step success system, Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. to serve as a root system for ongoing growth because it gives everyone the emotional intelligence skills to fulfil their potential and help others do the same.
Shifting from a consultant to running a consultancy, Joanne built the Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. team of facilitators trained to deliver our distinct set of services to organisations across the country, particularly in the cities of Manchester and London. To derive tangible results from emotional intelligence in the workplace, we match your needs to that of a perfect-fit facilitator who will deliver the Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. success system in the right way for your organisation.
We don’t just mediate between people development and preserving your bottom line. We implement root systems for people development that grow your bottom line.
What Does it Mean to Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act.?
Our business consulting and coaching agency is built on the belief that by developing your people you’ll develop your business. When everyone is meeting their full potential, you’ll maximise productivity, performance and profits.
We develop your people through the emotional intelligence skills success system Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act.:
Stop - Our first reactions aren’t always the most helpful. They are often informed by emotional triggers from past situations that aren’t applicable to the current situation. By stopping, we can take responsibility for our responses, return to the present and reflect on how best to respond.
Pause - This is when we take the time necessary to ground and reflect. Breathing, journaling and taking an alternative perspective all help you let emotions settle, reconnect with the present and understand what’s actually happening.
Think - We want to respond to situations with logical thinking but often our thoughts get tied up in fears, limiting beliefs and other negative thought patterns that prevent us from coming to a fair conclusion. As you weigh up your options, reflect on the thought patterns you are using to respond and how you can align them with emotional intelligence.
Now Act - Once you have taken the time to self-regulate, you can act on the conclusion you have come to. The critical part of this step is communicating your response in a way that accounts for other people’s emotions and perspectives so it can be resolved with minimal conflict.
By following this framework, your people can use emotional intelligence in the workplace to get the best possible outcomes out of every situation. It changes the way we think about ourselves, interpret conversations, communicate with people and act at work. It drives engagement, builds resilience, improves collaboration and ensures everyone gets to meet their full potential.
We show people how to Stop. Pause. Think. Now Act. using tried, tested and refined emotional intelligence skills and tools through our immersion day series, professional coaching and non-executive director oversight.