emotional intelligence

Emotional Intelligence (EI), also known as Emotional Quotient (EQ), is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge from one's emotions and the emotions of others in order to clearly guide one's thinking and action. This capability enables people to make good choices in-the-moment and have more effective control over themselves while positively influencing others.

Originally described by a number of psychologists including Howard Gardner, Peter Salovey and John Mayer, EI gained media attention in 1995 with the publication of Daniel Goleman's best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence. Offering a new way to understand and improve people's performance, EI can be applied to a broad range of organizational development areas such as leadership development, management styles, change management, employee engagement as well as many human resource issues such as hiring, promoting and retaining talent.

EI research sparked the development of a number of EI theoretical models, each with a unique view or set of competencies, as well as a number of EI assessments. Some researchers claim that EI can be learned and enhanced through Emotional Intelligence training and coaching, the results of which should be measured at the individual, team and organizational levels. You'll find bloggers talking about EI at sites like John M's Blog and Emotional Intelligence Leadership.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “emotional intelligence”

• How to Praise Your Kids (2)

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  If you are a regular visitor to this site, you are probably familiar with many of the coaching tips I give parents. Some of them are related to praising kids . But praise can take on many forms, so which is best? Yesterday, I wrote about Prof. Carol Dwecks research on the difference between praising effort vs. ...
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• Kubit2me : review and giveaway (two thumbs WAY up)

  
  The Mommy Perks VIP Blog — Authority: 126
  *Comment below to enter! Please specify if you’d like to win the Truth or Dare version or the Lil’ Scholars version. One winner for each will be selected after December 15th at random.org.On with the show:As with so many introductions these days, I met the owner of Kubit2me on twitter.I looked over her website and ...
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• A Dysfunctional Personality, But a Career Success

  
  Brainware — Authority: 463
  In an intriguing article in the latest Atlantic magazine, David Dobbs, who writes on science and medicine and who blogs at neuronculture.com, reports on research from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, studying "orchid children."   "Orchid children" are one to three-year-olds who indulge heavily in ...
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• How to Praise Your Kids (1)

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  A few weeks ago, when my 8-year-old daughter Noff brought her "Alien House" from school, we were all very impressed. It was a tall 3-story box house, with lights (because her alien was afraid of the dark) and she had planned and executed her plan at school and had received an A+ for the assignment. The masterpiece ...
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• Positive Psychology – The Science of Optimal Human Functioning with Dr. John Schinnerer - One hour teleclass 12/8/09

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 99
  John Schinnerer, Ph.D.Partial script for 1-hour teleclass on 12/8/09 Welcome to what I hope will be a wonderful talk on positive psychology. I will be your host tonight. My name is John Schinnerer. I hold a Ph.D. in educational psychology from U.C. Berkeley. In 2007, I wrote a positive psychology book called ‘Guide ...
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• This is who I am

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  About a month ago, I was sitting with the kids somewhere and we listened to the radio. Then, a song started playing that sounded like Pink at first, but not quite, so I listened to it closely. This is what I heard: I spend my life trying to do things right but all I do is fall to my face with my hands and my ...
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• Use emotional intelligence to overcome job search hurdles during holidays

  
  Keppie Careers by Miriam Salpeter — Authority: 510
  I hope you have been following the recent blogging series with great advice from my colleagues in various sectors of the “careers” industry. (See the links at the end of this post.) Today, I have a contribution from Lisa Caldas Kappesser, author of The Smart New Way to Get Hired: Use Emotional Intelligence and ...
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• Renew Your Mental Energy

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I wake as a child to see the world begin - John Denver" Going away from home is a good way to review your life from a distance. As you probably know, I have been away for three weeks to visit my family and new nephews (and they were awesome - I want to scream from ...
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• Anderson & Anderson Hires Two Young Adults to Provide Individual Anger Management for Young Adults

  
  Anger Management ala George Anderson — Authority: 106
  University of Texas researchers report in Science Daily that, “Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, which is one of the most common negative emotions in society.” These individual coaching sessions for young adults will now be offered during the ...
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• Do You Prefer Chronic Fatigue Over Dealing With Painful Emotions?

  
  Blogging on Good Therapy — Authority: 142
  By Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D., Body-Mind Psychotherapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Jeanette and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Eileen swallows her feelings and gets tired out. Eileen spent her forty-fifth birthday with her elderly mother who complained about the food being cold and bland. ...
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• Precious Baby

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
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• This Emotional Life

  
  Thriving too — Authority: 129
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• Home Alone

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
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• How To Use Emotional Intelligence To Improve Your Love Life

  
  Art of Seduction — Authority: 106
  Have you ever tried to “talk” a woman into feeling love for you? I’ll tell you what, I’ve been in that situation many times, falling deeply for a girl and finally gathering up the courage to tell her, just to fall flat on my butt with it. I learned the hard way that no argument in the world will get a girl to ...
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• The Fun Incentive

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
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• Give Me 22 Reasons

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  For over six month, I have had a note posted here on the shelf over my computer. The note says, "Give me 20 good reasons". All this time, I knew what I wanted to write, but I was not sure I would be able to go through the "open heart surgery" of telling you about my loss. I think I was building up the confidence to ...
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• Primal Leadership

  
  Small Town Pastor — Authority: 133
  During my sabbatical I read the book “ Primal Leadership ” by Daniel Goleman , who notes that, more often than other factors including organizational, environmental, and intellectual capacity, the leader’s emotional intelligence is key to his or her capacity to lead. What is emotional intelligence?  In 1990, ...
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• What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  I have always thought of myself as a good mother. It has been easier for me than for other people, because I have studied Special Education and I have had the knowledge to raise happy and successful kids . Yet, during my Better Parenting Skills workshops, I surprise people when I tell them that a big part of my ...
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• Going Savage: Thanksgiving

  
  Copywrite, Ink. — Authority: 124
  "I do not feel able to encourage your art. It revolts me and I do not understand it." — Roujon, director of Beaux-Art, to Paul Gaunguin In 1883, Paul Gauguin gave up his job as a successful stockbroker to free himself from the trappings of French civilization and sacrifice everything for his artistic vocation. ...
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• A Choice I Could Not Make

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 125
  I talk and write a lot about choice. It is no coincidence my motto is "Happiness is a choice!" Yet, there was a time when I could not live by this motto. It was after I had lost two babies. I wanted to make the choice to have only one child and to let go of my desire to go through another pregnancy to satisfy my wish ...
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