by Joshua Freedman | Oct 8, 2006 | Emotional Intelligence, leadership
This is a piece I wrote… Leading with a Whole New Mind: Daniel Pink’s Memo for Tomorrow’s Leaders Daniel Pink discusses his latest book, A Whole New Mind, with emotional intelligence expert Joshua Freedman, and identifies key skills for leaders in a...
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 8, 2006 | talent management
It Is in Your Head By Eileen P. Gunn US News & World Report, Oct 16, 2006 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/061008/16eetests.htm Interesting piece about changes in hiring — The use of these kinds of behavioral or personality assessments, which...
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 6, 2006 | parenting/kids
This is a piece on children and stress, very basic, a little simplistic – but not bad! Premise is that there is negative stress and positive stress. Parents need help kids know the difference and know what to do about it. What to do? Well, a few suggestions....
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 5, 2006 | Emotional Intelligence, leadership
Nice blog post on “Raven’s Brain” about EQ and some of my articles here: http://ravenyoung.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!17376F4C11A91E0E!998.entry Thanks Raven!
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 5, 2006 | parenting/kids
I liked these points — I agree that helping name feelings is a great way for parents to build dialogue about this important area. Often it’s hard when parents don’t have a lot of words for feelings themselves – or when they are too in a hurry....
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 5, 2006 | talent management
Well I have been a lame blogger. Apparently writing a newsletter, training programs, AND a blog is too much. But I thought of a new idea. I am going to put links to different articles I get into this blog. Another article on importance of EQ for job success. Good...
by Joshua Freedman | Jun 2, 2006 | parenting/kids
Yesterday Max was having one of his usual tiffs with his sister — she wasn’t paying attention to him and so he went an took one of her crayons or something. It escalated and he came crying into my office. As I was asking him about the incident, I noticed I...
by Joshua Freedman | May 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
It’s definitely feeling like springtime now that we’re working on the vegetable garden. Trying to get Emma and Max to actually help when their “helping” may be more difficult than the rest of the work… It’s been quite awhile since I...
by Joshua Freedman | May 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
This weekend was a wonderful family reunion. Uncle Frank turned 70, and about 150 people gathered in Moab to cheer him. Amazing collection of folks from a lifetime of work and play. They all talked about Frank’s enthusiasm for life, his trustworthiness and...
by Joshua Freedman | May 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
The last two days I’ve been going nonstop. Yesterday I had a call scheduled every hour. AHHHH. There’s some good research about “stress and recovery” — ie, when we stretch, we need time to bounce back. But overscheduled, the last two days...
