From the course: Emotional Intelligence for Cybersecurity Professionals
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Maintaining healthy relationships
From the course: Emotional Intelligence for Cybersecurity Professionals
Maintaining healthy relationships
The cybersecurity industry is full of humans, and humans need healthy relationships. So let's talk about what it takes to maintain healthy relationships in this challenging industry. In a previous chapter, we talked about relationship building, and I mentioned that a good mentor gives consistent feedback. Consistency is the key to many relationships in cybersecurity. We need to be consistent when listening to our partner or colleague. We need to consistently communicate, and we need to consistently find opportunities to connect and engage throughout long-term relationships. This is how we maintain a relationship as we evolve over time. No two people will stay the same. Listening can be hard, even during exciting or intense conversations. We want to jump in, we want to talk, we want to ask more questions. But sometimes it really helps to absorb what our friend and colleague is saying. The ability to understand the information they're trying to communicate can help us provide what they…
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