To support highly technical leaders and teams to be more effective at collaboration, Shell sought out a customized emotional intelligence development program. Using a blended-learning approach, Six Seconds’ tailor-made program yields an 85% success rate when assessed an average of three years after the program. Background: Shell is a global petrochemical company headquartered in [...]
A new US study has found hiring managers believe emotional intelligence is more important than a candidate’s IQ, HR Communication reports. The CareerBuilder study of 2,600 managers found 71 per cent of respondents stressed the importance of emotional fortitude – the ability to control emotions and manage relationships. The researchers also found 75 per cent of managers [...]
An incredible range of EQ opportunities coming to Singapore next month for business, education, and community leaders as well as HR professionals, consultants, coaches, and trainers. Join us for best-in-class emotional intelligence development… The Living EQ Conference November 10-11, 2011: Singapore For: Managers and leaders ready for insights and tools to improve people-performance Professionals in [...]
Emotional intelligence isn’t an abstract notion – it’s grounded in neurobiology: Emotions are neurohormones, chemicals, that last in our brains and bodies for about six seconds. Here is Joshua Freedman, our global COO, presenting this concept at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, GIBS, in Johannesburg:
The World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) leadership program is a bold and rigorous training initiative for young women students committed to acquiring skills and confidence to develop as campus, community, national, and eventually global leaders. These young women found a focus on emotional intelligence played a big part of how they evolved [...]
Bleary from travel, en route to Mumbai I wandered into the lounge in Frankfurt yesterday, and couldn’t find a table. “You can share this table,” a guy offered. Around my age, he had the casual rumpledness of someone who spends at least as much time in airports as I do. We chatted in the usual [...]
I read an article this weekend that described Bhutan (a tiny Himalayan country) as the Happiest Place on Earth. I was intrigued and wanted to know more and I went searching. I found that Bhutan measures its wealth in terms of Gross National Happiness (or GNH) rather than Gross Domestic Product (or GDP). This means [...]
Professional Coaches, Mentors and Advisors – Northern California Chapter Coaching Community Event The Westin – San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, 5:30-8:30 pm, Networking, Dinner and Presentation Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 Inside Change – How Coaches Can Transform Organizations with Joshua Freedman, COO – Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network Up to 90% of all change efforts fail [...]
To build a stronger leadership culture within their properties and across the organisation, Rotana developed a team of in-house trainers to deliver the Six Seconds’ EQ Leader program throughout the enterprise. Thus far, the well-received program is building a shared vocabulary and vision that will foster a common culture to fulfill Rotana’s customer service orientation. [...]
Daniel Goleman has been enthusiastically spreading the word about EQ since his landmark book Emotional Intelligence was published in 1995. He continues to write prolifically on the subject including a business-focused book titled Primal Leadership, and his most recent works, Ecological Intelligence and the e-book The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights. Widely considered the [...]