Have you heard the term “GEIC” – global emotional intelligence quotient?
Is Emotional Intelligence Just a Buzzword?
“I’ve been doing this for 15 years,” Annette told me. “It just wasn’t called this.” I was explaining to a counselor in Australia about the field of emotional intelligence, and she was sure she’d discovered it first. Likely you’ll feel the same way.
Emotional Intelligence: The Shot Felt ‘Round the World?
I just hung up the phone with Li-Yan, who wants me to come to Malaysia and present a workshop with her on emotional intelligence for businesses. She quit her corporate job there, because she found the work environment stifling, unethical and demoralizing. Now she wants to help businesses in Malaysia change to a more emotionally intelligent culture.
How to Choose the Right Coach for YOU, Using Your Emotional Intelligence
More people are hiring a coach every day. Choosing a coach is an important decision. To choose wisely, use your emotional intelligence – all parts of your brain, emotional as well as cognitive.
So What Does Emotional Intelligence Look Like in ReaL Life?
1.. High IQ, Low EQ: A student.
There’s a story going around the Chicago area, where EQ is big, about a student at the U. of Chicago last year. At that venerable high-IQ institution, it’s still a graduation requirement that each student pass a swimming test. A student showed up to take the test and, 3 hours later, after they’d dragged him out of Lake Michigan and the EMS had left, they asked him why he’d shown up to take the test when he didn’t know how to swim.
Emotional Intelligence and the Gentle Art of Conversation
When the Israelites heard that God was going to take them to the promised land they were excited as I’m sure you would be too. The road to the promised land however turned out not to be, what they expected. They expected to be taken there speedily and in comfort, but instead the road took them through the desert and they endured all kinds of hardships.
How to Run a Profitable Coaching Practice Using Your Emotional Intelligence
Pacific Management Consultants are a good example of branding. They consult with dentists on how to establish a practice that thrives. (Stay with me. We’ll get to coaching.)
Is It Possible to Have Too Much Emotional Intelligence?
Someone emailed me recently, “Do you think it’s possible to have too much emotional intelligence going on? To the point that perhaps logic takes a backseat?”
How Do You Score on the Marketing Emotional Intelligence Test, i.e., Are You Marketing APPROPRIATELY to Who’s REALLY on the Int
Remember that email rounding the Internet recently: “If we could shrink the Earth’s population to a village of 100 people, this is what it would look like: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 North and South Americans, and 8 Africans. Seventy people would be non-white; 30 white. Seventy would be non-Christian; 30 Christian ….”
Want to Motivate People? Try Emotional Intelligence
More every day, we see the need for emotional intelligence in the business world. Our thinking can only take us so far. We can gather data to rationalize our decisions, but often we’re better off using our intuition.