Emotional Intelligence for Performance
What is emotional intelligence and why does it matter in education? What does current research say about “social emotional learning”? In simple terms, emotional intelligence (sometimes called “EQ”) is the ability to use emotions effectively and productively. Since the publication of the initial research in 1990, innovative schools and educational organizations have begun integrating emotional intelligence […]
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To be emotionally intelligent about CHANGE, you’ve got to understand fear. Why we have it, how it affects change – and how to turn it into an ally.
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I found preschool playtime was often mind-numbingly-exhausting. We’d stumble into a game like stacking up blocks and knocking them down, and the kids would want to endlessly repeat it. Again! Again! It was moderately amusing the first three times, but by the 20th… well. Here’s a great cartoon about this experience – can you relate? […]
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Is anger a default state? Is it healthy to “blow off” steam to “let it all out”? Josh Freedman says it matters how we express it, when, where, and how. He talks in this short interview on radio station “Rock 107” about how Six Seconds measures emotional intelligence.
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It’s tough to get the right people with the right skills in the right seats. As more organizations see the value of emotional intelligence as a key driver of performance, they’re developing methods for hiring for EQ. With the right approach this is efficient and powerful, and now very practical. The trend in the past was […]
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You’ve told your kid “a million times” and frustration is rising. What if there was another way to see the situation? Here’s a 90-second tip for parents to use empathy to diffuse conflict and frustration.
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To build more joy, peace and connection with our children, emotional intelligence helps us tune into our feelings and reactions. We all learn ways of reacting – as we become more skilled in noticing our automatic, recurring reactions we open the door to do something more powerful: Respond.
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Against the backdrop of cruelty and carnage in many cities around the world, compassion seems far away. Yet each of us has the power to choose to care. Can we strengthen that kind of power? What are your unique talents to do so, and how are you using those to make a more empathic, inclusive, […]
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What talents will help create a thriving future? Get a free assessment of your Brain Talents — and a free workshop to share with others. Why? See below! For You & Your Family Sign up and on November 16, you’ll receive a link to take the BRAIN TALENT PROFILE, a powerful assessment about your […]
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All these people coming and going through the Miami International Airport – who are they? Photographer and emotional intelligence practitioner Laena Wilder’s new exhibition Origins and Destinations is an enchanting view of the heart of the human experience. Dozens of larger than life-size images of travelers float on the windows. Below, their stories […]
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