...Emotional intelligence speaker and author, Harvey Deutschendorf, just published, Emotional Intelligence Game Changers: 101 Simple Ways to Win at Work and Life. Harvey’s opening lines define the essence of EI; “The ancient Greeks were quite aware of the power of emotions. ‘Anyone can get angry — that is easy,’ Aristotle...
Read post »...Emotional Intelligence. In an age where people are judged and recruited to positions more by their technical abilities and credentials than by their softer skills, it is good to see that research shows you need the emotional intelligence to deal with many of the issues that impact senior management. So...
Read post »I’ve extensively quoted and cited the expanding body of emotional intelligence research for many years in my writing and workshops. This rigorous and ever deepening research provides hard evidence for the catalytic power of “soft skills” in personal, team, and organizational performance. EI brings empirical science and greater clarity to...
Read post »...Emotional Intelligence. In an age where people are judged and recruited to positions more by their technical abilities and credentials than by their softer skills, it is good to see that research shows you need the emotional intelligence to deal with many of the issues that impact senior management. So...
Read post »I came across the emerging research on emotional intelligence about 10 years ago. Having focused much of my own personal development on these issues and then making the training and development of these “soft” skills my life’s work since 1981, I was really excited by this new research. Finally we...
Read post »...and Howard Book write in their book, The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Future, “We know that emotional intelligence can be enhanced because we’ve seen it happen over and over again as we’ve worked with corporate CEOs and other executives, school teachers, military personnel, counselors and consultants, mental health...
Read article »I just received a published copy of Harvey Deutschendorf’s great new book, The Other Kind of Smart: Simple Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success. As Harvey was writing this book a few years ago he sent me an outline and sample chapter and asked...
Read post »...improved. It’s not easy (nothing worth doing ever is), but it can be done. As University of Toronto psychology professors Steven Stein and Howard Book (what better name for an author?) write in their book, The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Future, “We know that emotional intelligence can be...
Read article »Like the debate on whether leaders are born or made, an early debate in the emerging Emotional Intelligence research was whether our EQ, like IQ, is fixed once we hit adulthood. The debate is over and the verdict is in: like building leadership or other forms of expertise, we can...
Read post »...’emotional intelligence.’ Many books, studies, and EQ testing instruments are exploding on the scene. Psychologist, author, and New York Times journalist, Daniel Goleman, got things going with his international bestseller, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Here’s how he defines emotional intelligence, “Abilities such as being able...
Read article »...Illusions, And Perceptions When Choosing Our Thoughts We Choose Our Future Seeing the World as We Are Emotional Intelligence Resources Another reader asked where to find sections of our site dealing with Emotional Intelligence. Here are the main ones: Selection of articles Four short video clips Three archived blog posts...
Read post »...and the like. Prescription: Strengthen Your Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence research shows that up to two thirds of a manager or professional’s success depends on their ability to understand and manage themselves and their own emotions, read the emotional tone of others, and build strong relationships. There are many excellent...
Read article »Emotions are the heart of life and leadership. Health, happiness, and high performance are highly dependent on emotions. In their seminal book, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee explain the book title by pointing to emotional impact as being at the...
Read post »...way. Kevin also demonstrates a high level of Emotional Intelligence (EI.) Unfortunately, low EI is a big problem with many highly technical people found in most IT departments. Fortunately, EI skills can be learned. Back in 2007 Writer, Diann Daniel, interviewed me for an article she was writing for CIO...
Read post »...in today’s crazy-busy times is focus. The month’s Harvard Business Review article by Emotional Intelligence guru, Daniel Goleman, “The Focused Leader,” is timely. Goleman starts by declaring, “The primary task of leadership is to direct attention.” Never has that been more vital than today. “Focused leaders can command the full...
Read post »...Leadership and Change Leadership is almost all emotional intelligence, especially in distinguishing between what managers do and what leaders do… – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence Emotions are contagious. Research shows that they determine 50% to 70% that climate, in turn, determines 20% to 30% of a...
Read post »...commitment that translates into exceptional performance? It isn’t a process of management controls. It’s a leadership function that instills in people an emotional stake in what they do. As Daniel Goleman and his co-authors report in Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, “Great leaders move us. They ignite...
Read article »...lead teams, and the like. Prescription: Strengthen your Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence research shows that up to two-thirds of a manager or professional’s success depends on their ability to understand and manage themselves and their own emotions, read the emotional tone of others, and build strong relationships. These “soft skills”...
Read post »...healthcare, entertainment, learning definitions and methods, scientific understanding … Globalized trade, international finance, immigration, and environmental issues like global warming also starkly illustrate what an interdependent and global village we’ve truly become. Modern research on social intelligence — a key component of emotional intelligence — is further showing the effects...
Read post »...EQ dilemma that reduces so many brilliant technical leader’s effectiveness; “given the nature of the STEMM leaders’ weaker competencies, data from emotional intelligence tests (EQ) would show the opposite trend, and non-STEMM leaders would score higher.” Over two decades of research shows Emotional Intelligence is vital to highly effective leadership....
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