How to Build a Team that Works with Vanessa Druskat

How to Build a Team that Works with Vanessa Druskat

From First Person Plural: EI & Beyond by Key Step Media, Daniel Goleman, Hanuman Goleman, Elizabeth Solomon

November 6, 2025 · 43 min · Season 5 · Episode 1

About this episode

Vanessa Druskat shares insights on building high-performing teams through emotional intelligence.

Vanessa Druskat advises leaders in some of the world’s top organizations. She's an award-winning researcher and leading expert on team leadership. The Team Emotional Intelligence (Team EI) model came from her 3 decades of field research examining team cultures that inspire high-performing collaboration. She and her colleagues have used the model globally to teach leaders how to build higher-performing teams. Dr. Druskat serves on the faculty of the University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul ...

People in this episode

Guest: Vanessa Druskat

Topics covered

  • team leadership
  • emotional intelligence
  • high-performing teams
  • collaboration
  • organizational culture

Keywords

  • team emotional intelligence
  • leadership
  • collaboration
  • team culture
  • high performance

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Organizations: University of New Hampshire, Key Step Media

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