Emotional Intelligence and the Fundamental Attribution Error
Recently this article appeared in my inbox. What the fundamental attribution error misses about blame. This made me think about the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and the Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE). The FAE is the idea that people tend to overemphasize dispositional explanations for behaviour and ignore situational factors. This phenomenon is significant because it can lead to judgments and decisions that are unfair and inaccurate. In contrast, EI is the ab.....
Read MoreReflections in old age
Recently my wife and I went to see Living starring Bill Nighy. Set in 1953 the film resonated with me as I returned to the UK (where I was born in 1944) in 1957 and many of the scenes brought back long submerged memories. Another reason the film resonated is that I am now 78 and the film is about a senior public servant who is near retirement who is suddenly told he has a fatal cancer and only six months to live. The question the film asks is What makes for a happy life? Then this T.....
Read MoreThe Genetic Basis of the 7MTF
I have at last another link in the chain. For those who have only started reading my blogs and are unfamiliar with my message let me summarise it for you. My core belief is that “People Drive Performance, Emotions Drive People; Temperament Drives Emotions”. If you want to lift your emotional intelligence you need to use a model of temperament that is practical, easy-to-use, and scientifically valid. I am promoting a people profiling system known as the 7MTF that will lift yo.....
Read MoreHandling Corporate Psychopaths at work
Regular readers of my blogs will know that in my role as promoter of the 7MTF people profiling technology that I consider one of its major strengths to be recognising and handling corporate psychopaths who I define as GoGetters. Inc Magazine recently published (28/3/23) an interesting article: Use This 5-Step Plan to Handle a Psychopaths and Narcissists at Work by Jessica Stillman that naturally piqued my curiosity. The article is full of interesting links. This link, a TED talk by .....
Read MoreChris Golis - Author
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Peter Morris, Executive Officer, Lomax Financial Group
Your presentation on 'Lifting your Level of Emotional Intelligence" to 10 CEOs scored an average 8.9 out of 10 for the topic and 8.5 for the presentation which is great. A couple of the attendees gave you a 10 out of 10, and the comments were:
- Great presentation. Very informative.
- Excellent presentation.
- made me think.
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