To supercharge the emotional intelligence movement, hundreds of EQ change leaders will gather on the campus of Harvard University in June. But that’s not enough. Joshua Freedman explains the vision in this 3-minute webinar.
Apr 182013
Apr 122013
Stress is on the rise. Empathy on the decline. Maybe they are related – creating a downward spiral for health, the economy, and our planet. Is it time for emotional intelligence?
Apr 102013
It was about 15 years ago. Thirty-some intrepid learners journeyed from six countries to the first Six Seconds EQ Certification. People read Dan Goleman’s 1995 book, and saw his description of our Self-Science process as a model for teaching EQ, so they adventured to find out. This was when the internet was new, and it [...]
Apr 072013
Come participate in the first ever on-the-ground NexusEQ Meet-up!! It’s happening at the Hilton Union Square Hotel, in San Francisco, CA, on April 28, 2013, 12-3PM. Are you In the SF Bay area or anywhere close enough to join us for a couple of hours? We are a group of EQ advocates, educators, and practitioners, [...]
Apr 032013
In a three-year study of AMADORI, a supplier of McDonald’s in Europe, emotional intelligence, individual performance, organizational engagement, and organizational performance were assessed. Emotional intelligence was found to predict 47% of the variation in manager’s performance management scores. Emotional intelligence was also massively correlated with increased organizational engagement with 76% of the variation in engagement predicted by manager EQ. Finally, plants with higher organizational engagement achieved higher bottom-line results building a link between EQ->Engagement->Performance. During this period, employee turnover also dropped by 63%.
Apr 022013
“I came away with a sense of peace that I can positively change my approach & attitude, which will, in turn, impact those around me” (Participant, EQE Durban). At the invitation of our South Africa network colleagues, Avril Kidd and Candice Smith, and with the tremendous support of Jayne Morrison, Six Seconds Director for [...]
Mar 272013
The “eWeek” virtual emotional intelligence festival served as the launch of the NexusEQ Conference, Harvard University, June 2013, featuring neuroscientists, authors, and experts on emotion, learning, and business. A webinar will be held in April to announce international delegations for the conference at Harvard. The program included 22 webinars with 9,495 session signups, making it [...]
Mar 272013
Volunteering is a necessity! Service to others should, in my opinion, take multiple forms – from the needs in our schools to the needs of the community, nation, even to the world. We simply can’t volunteer enough to fix the problems of our world. There is much to do. Interestingly, in my experience over the [...]
Mar 272013
Is it possible to be a leader who gets results — and show your caring? The secret is to blend two different aspects of emotional intelligence, so you can unleash your “gentle bulldozer;” the Six Seconds Model provides a practical framework to do so. The first step is tuning into your…
Mar 202013
Join Dr. Aron Barbey, head of the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Illinois, for an interactive discussion of leading-edge research on the brain. Aron will share findings from a newly released study that mapped where emotional intelligence “lives” in the brain, revealing an important conclusion: our brains are built for emotion and cognition to work together.