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Assess Your EQ Strengths - Free!

Participate in a new research study -- the first 1000 people who respond have the opportunity to take the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment and get their EQ Strengths Report for free.

Use this URL, username, and password:

URL: www.6seconds.it/assessment
User: WORLDWIDE
Pass: RESEARCH

Feel free to share this offer with your network -- we want people from all over the globe!

This link will expire when we reach the target sample size - or at the end of September 2009.

The study explores the relationship between emotional intelligence and life outcomes in different regions of the world. Participants will take the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment (version 3.0 beta), a statistically validated online measure of emotional intelligence competencies critical for professional and personal success. The 3.0 edition builds on the statistical reliablity of the previous version to test refinements to the the tool, and for this study includes an expanded questionnaire on various aspects of success (e.g., career, family, decision-making, health).

The SEI offers many different reports -- the Strengths Report provides a snapshot of the respondent's top three emotional intelligence competencies and how to leverage these to get even better results.

Smart Parenting (Aquarius Magazine, Dubai)

August 2009 Screaming toddlers and moody teenagers have something in common -- they are both emotionally charged. Louisa Wilkins speaks to the experts about how to handle your children in an emotionally intelligent way to ensure positive results.

Optimizing Manufacturing Reengineering with Emotional Intelligence

CIBA Specialty Chemical is engaged in a major change initiative -- and using emotional intelligence to accelerate the process. The commitment to EQ assisted the CIBA team to achieve important business goals -- for example, over two years, productivity increased by 18% while simultaneously reducing complaints by 73%.

What Are Emotions?

Feelings are a dominant force in learning, they are powerful and meaningful. But what are they? What happens inside us when our "feelings are hurt" or when we are ready to "jump for joy"? At workshops, Six Seconds' trainers often post a list of six to eight core emotions, and participants frequently ask why those particular emotions are the "core" emotions. Are the other feelings less "real"? Is there some secret code only EQ-ologists know?

Interviews with EQ experts, including John (Jack) Mayer, Eric Jensen, Candace Pert, Anabel Jensen, Maurice Elias, John Steinberg, and J-P Dupreez offer new perspectives.

by Joshua Freedman (first published in EQ Today, June, 2000)

Choosing Optimism: An Interview with Martin EP Seligman, Ph.D.

What is optimism? Can it be learned? How? Martin Seligman is one of the preeminent experts on optimism and a founder of positive psychology. This interview, from November 10, 1999, explores many of the key ingredients for creating a happy, fulfilled life and introduces the concept of positive psychology. Seligman spoke at the first NexusEQ Conference in May, 2000 and the third conference in 2002.

by Joshua Freedman

Expression Journals - Developing Emotional Intelligence

by Marsha Rideout

Journals in the classroom for affective expression are not unfamiliar. However, their systematically guided use in a social-emotional learning program can dramatically increase their value as a tool for developing self-awareness and personal accountability.

Note: We recommend inexpensive "all white" blank journals, like those from Bare Books (414) 884-0501.

Noble Goals: Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work in Daily Life

A noble goal is a lifeline mission that leads you onward to fulfill your greatest human potential. Karen Stone McCown, author of Self-Science and Chairman of Six Seconds, has set "to support myself and others to become human beings" as her noble goal. Clearly Self-Science is one of the results of that commitment. To illustrate this concept, make two lists titled "human having" and "human being." With a partner or group, list words for each. Below are some you might like to use. This distinction can be helpful in discussing affective goals.

EQ Leaders Maintaining a People-Centered Culture at Quad/Graphics

How does emotional intelligence development fit in a highly successful, fast-paced business? Quad/Graphics is committed to maintaining their people-centered culture -- so EQ is a vital asset for their leaders.

The Motivation Iceberg

This simple, clear model shows how different motivators drive different kinds of performance -- and helps managers, leaders, parents, educators -- anyone concerned with motivating others -- consider how to use their emotional intelligence to fuel lasting motivation. This model is presented in the "Motivation from the Inside Out" module in the Developing Human Performance curriculum (a series of 14 programs on leadership available for all development professionals).

The Talisman of Leadership -- Authenticity

Authenticity is a rare and invaluable leadership trait -- the foundation of credibility and trust, authenticity is even more critical in times of challenge and complexity. Adapted from a chapter in Bruna Martinuzzi�s new book, The Leader as a Mensch: Become the Kind of Person Others Want to Follow, this article provides a clear explanation of authenticity as a leadership imperative, and offers practical strategies to develop this trait.