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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• Author Ken Auletta Talks About Google and Its "Lack of Emotional Intelligence"

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 737
  Guess what? Google has too many Spocks and not enough Captain Kirks. That was one of the many interesting insights BoomTown gleaned from a video interview last night–which you can see below–with well-known New Yorker scribe Ken Auletta, who has just written a new book , “Googled: The End of the World as We ...
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• Are You Grateful Enough To Be Happy?

  
  All Things Workplace — Authority: 554
  What do you do when surprised with a gift? And what if its at work? Yesterday I was getting a tour of a corporate university when my hostess, the VP of Learning, was approached by a group of 5 employees. The next thing I knew, one of the guys was reading a short, heartfelt note of thanks from the group for her ...
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• Argue Your Way to Optimism

  
  Sources of Insight — Authority: 113
  If you want to lead an optimistic life, learn to argue with yourself. The secret of optimism is not positive thinking. It’s non-negative thinking, according to Martin Seligman in the book Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life .  When bad things happen or when you face adversity, if you can argue ...
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• Rich Parent, Poor Parent

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 124
  In many areas of life, we relive the same pattern over and over again, but we do not notice it. Just like riding a bike (the ultimate cliché about automatic habits), we pedal on, completely oblivious to each up and down movement. Sometimes, circumstances make us take note of our patterns and we start thinking about ...
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• From My Journal: November

  
  Sylwia Presley — Authority: 418
  Image by filtran via Flickr November is my favourite month. This year – once again – it surprised me with few little miracles in my private life and to counterbalance – few new challenges in my more professional commitments. Novembers can be very gloomy, provoking me to stay at home and hide under a warm ...
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• What do You Want for Your Kids?

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 124
  I have written about what is important to parents many times and I know that for some readers, it is not enough to read me saying that for hundreds of parents going through the parenting workshops, happiness and all forms of happiness are more important than what they spend most of their energy on (academic ...
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• CEU 2009:-Organizational Emotional/Anger Management Training

  
  Anger Management ala George Anderson — Authority: 114
  All Certified Anderson & Anderson Anger Management Facilitators are required to complete 16 hours of ceu’s each year. For 2009, we are offering live training in Oakland on November 13 & Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2009. The title of the training is Organizational Emotional Intelligence/ Anger Management. ...
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• Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School? When Gender Bends the Dress Code.

  
  Through Your Body: — Authority: 427
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• 5 Powerful Soul Affirmations, Soul Journey Poem

  
  Visual Insights — Authority: 424
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• When Self-Love Sucks:Beware Narcissists Big on Ego but Short on Empathy

  
  Through Your Body: — Authority: 427
  By Elizabeth Bromstein “He’s a narcissist!” a woman I know was constantly saying about her ex a few years ago. She was probably right, but I was always amazed by this woman’s own level of self-absorption. And I suspected that she would be appalled at any ...
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• A Healthcare Speaker’s Perspective On Anger Management

  
  800o.com — Authority: 145
  Time and again, as an author and healthcare speaker , somebody will unburden their heart to me concerning their rage. From these heart-to-heart chats it’s very apparent that they view anger as somehow fundamentally negative. Alas if you consider anger to be one way or another “bad,” it’s not likely you’ll ...
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• The 5 secrets of happy families

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 125
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• The Key to a Better Life

  
  MaleWail — Authority: 126
  Time management is basically about being focused. The Pareto Principle also known as the ‘80:20 Rule’ states that 80% of efforts that are not time managed or unfocused generates only 20% of the desired output. However,  80% of the desired output can be generated using only 20% of a well time managed effort. ...
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• Ego, Insecurity and the Destructive Narcissist

  
  Enlightened Living — Authority: 400
  Considerable attention has been paid to bullying of late, especially regards kids. One of the things that we tend to overlook, however, is that those playground bullies grow up and, as people are nothing if not consistent, they tend not to change a whole lot. The boys who picked on the retarded kid down the block ...
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• Three Keys to Your Work Promotion in The New Economy

  
  Brainware — Authority: 124
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• Change Rumination or Pessimism to Defeat Depression

  
  Sources of Insight — Authority: 113
  Don’t Ruminate.  Don’t dwell on things that go wrong. According to Martin Seligman, in the book Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life , people who mull over bad events are called ruminators. A ruminator can either be an optimist or a pessimist. An optimist that ruminates avoids depression ...
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• Make a list (25): Quotes to live by

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 124
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• The Buteyko Method: A Breathing Technique for Asthma

  
  Through Your Body: — Authority: 427
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• Inspiring Kids

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 124
  My daughter Noff (the youngest girl in the photo) is a very inspiring kid, especially since growing up in a house with two very talented siblings is not easy. When my son Tsoof (the boy in the hat) was born, everyone said, "Poor kid. He was born after Eden, so he has no chance". You see, Eden (the big girl on the ...
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• Kids’ Survival Skills

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 124
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