What exactly is the science of emotional intelligence? Part I
In my last blog I discussed a recent podcast produced by the EI Consortium featuring Professor Neal Ashkanasy. The podcast is worth hearing. In the blog I note that Ashkanasy finishes with an appeal to follow the science. To me that raises the question what exactly is the science of emotional intelligence? As I said in the blog I studied Natural Sciences in my first two years at Cambridge (1964-66) and I requote the opening lines of the my first lecture: “Welcome to Cambridge.Â.....
Read MorePodcast Review How emotions function at multiple levels with Dr. Neal Ashkanasy
Some 10 months ago I blogged about a podcast produced by the EI Consortium featuring Professor Boyatzis on Helping People Change. The EI Consortium has started a new monthly podcast series, Working with Emotional Intelligence, where Dr. Robert Emmerling will interview members of the Emotional Intelligence Consortium to explore the relevance of emotions and emotional intelligence research to the modern workplace. One of the firsts interviewees was with Dr. Neal Ashkanasy who discussed .....
Read MoreThe Emotional Intelligence of Jack Welch
My last blog was on 15 December 2022. Today is 12 February 2023. I will explain the delay in my next newsletter. This blog is prompted by this terrific article in the New Yorker: Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst? The article’s author, Malcolm Gladwell, is well-known for his best sellers such as Blink, The Tipping Point, and Outliers. However even he is bemused ty the personality of Jack Welch. Two incidents stand out. The first is following a he.....
Read MoreThe Emotional Intelligence of Emotional Language
This is my final blog of 2022. What generated the idea was a recent post on Thought-Leader.com about Emotional Language.  (I am using the Thought-Leader program to help me write a TEDx talk). The post used the picture shown and made the argument that if you want your talk to be remembered you needed to switch from rational language to emotional language and referred to seven examples in the diagram. This is a well-known trope. It is a common suggestion that to make your talk more.....
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