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David is the co-founder of the EI Skills Group. He is also a Research Affiliate in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. David is the co-author of the Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). David and colleague Peter Salovey published the practical “how-to” book, The Emotionally Intelligent Manager. David has published numerous articles on the topic of emotional intelligence and is a sought after speaker on the subject. He has also held positions in market research, strategic planning, and product management.

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Universal gestures?, 03 Sep 2008

A recent article in the NY Times describes a study of athlete’s gestures of pride and shame. You know what I mean - the upraised arms of triumph, the drooping shoulders of shame. However, the amazing thing is that these athletes were blind from birth, and so, it is not likely that they are merely [...]




Adaptive Emotions, Anger and Getting a Message Acroos, 19 Jul 2008

I feel that emotions are adaptive, and so, that means all emotions. Anger, for example, rises from a sense of injustice, or from a goal being blocked. Anger can be quite adaptive, such as when it fuels people to seek change. The problem is that this message is sometimes heard in a way that allows people [...]




Affective Forecasting, 15 Jul 2008

A study by my colleague Marc Brackett examined affective forecasting ability and EI. Affective forecasting is the ability to accurately predict how you will feel about some future event. For example, consider how you will feel if a political candidate you support fails to win an election. We then come back after the election and [...]




Josh and emotional contagion, 10 Jul 2008

Emotional contagion is the spreading of emotions or moods from one person to another. It happens with pleasant as well as unpleasant moods. Some people are more contagious than others. 
Josh Freedman, for example, is a powerful agent of emotional contagion. The emotions he transmits always seem to be pleasant and high-energy. On the ‘mood meter’ [...]




Why work?, 27 Apr 2008

Did you see the little blurb in the Sunday NY Times business section? MBA students from the top 15 schools were asked to select the 3 topo factors they wanted in a job. #1 was ‘challenging job responsibilities”. The second was money - not the first as many think. Work-life balance followed and then came [...]




Expressing Emotions at Work, 11 Apr 2008

A survey in 2000 found that the most frequently expressed emotion at work was anger and the least frequently expressed emotion was joy.  When I mentioned this to a group of b-school students a few days ago most were not surprised. Anger, they report, is common in their work experience. Expressing joy is associated with being [...]




Happiness, Negative Emotions and Newsweek article, 05 Feb 2008

This week’s issue of Newsweek has an article about some fall-out from the ‘happiness movement’. Basically, the argument is that sadness can be a natural response to life events and that negative emotions can be adaptive. Accessing and leveraging the ‘full range of emotions’ should be part of any approach to EI.
Remember that emotions [...]




Doing the right thing and EI, 31 Jan 2008

Lately, I have been thinking about values and EI so I started to re-read some of the earlier writing on the theory. These abilities are to be used to promote emotional growth and development. People high on EI are not masters of the universe, nor do they rise to the top of the corporate heap. [...]