All About Emotional Intelligence from Six SecondsSix Seconds of EQNew Emotional Intelligence Blog- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Want to stay up-to-date and connected with EQ thought leaders Our new blog is on www.6seconds.orgblog Subscribe to the blog via RSS - http:www.6seconds.orgblogfeed=rss2 (or if that makes no sense to you - just visit often! )http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=289 Emotional WHAT Definitions and History of EQ- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Is it really an intelligence How do we know, and what is an intelligence anyway Touted as the key to educational and corporate success, is EQ really just another “flavor of the month” There are half a million web pages on “emotional intelligence,” and everyone wants to claim the “right” definition -- so how many definitions do we need While you could read all 486,000 web pages, EQ Today asked the world’s top experts and researchers to explain emotional..http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=290 Forgiveness Overpowers Hate (from Urban Dreams)- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Urban Dreams: Stories of Hope, Resilience and Character is a compelling collection of essays written by students in an urban community in New Jersey. The essays are the encapsulated life stories of their authors, writers from urban elementary, middle, and high schools who were given a chance to reflect on their own lives and articulate their Laws of Life: strong values and principles that guide them in everyday decision and actions. Here is one of the essays. Forgiveness Overpowers Hate...http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=291 Six Seconds in ASTD&039;s Training & Development magazine- (Found July 23, 2008 ) New article on emotional intelligence features discussion with Six Seconds' COO, Joshua Freedman, sharing how and why EQ is key for businesses. Emotional Notions - Emotional intelligence is becoming a part of many organizations’ core competencies for high performers. "A decade ago any talk of emotional intelligence would draw strange looks. Now many organizations include it among core competencies required for high performers." Go to our Press Room for an...http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=292 Feeling Finder- (Found July 23, 2008 ) How do you really feel And what does it mean Our new "emotoscope" helps you scope out and understand your feelings. Why One of the first competencies of emotional intelligence is emotional literacy: the ability to identify and understand feelings. This opens the doorway to using them intelligently. The Emotoscope is completely free 6seconds.orgfeel - and even cooler on Facebook where you can post your feelings and share them w friends - check it out! AND.http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=293 New Study Shows Emotional Intelligence Reduces Stress and Predicts 66% of Key Su- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Researchers found that healthcare professional high in emotional intelligence are far more effective in a number of key performance areas including stress management, showing that these skills are critical for healthcare professionals – and especially those in leadership positions.http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=294 Emotional Intelligence Conference- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Choose to Change: Emotional Intelligence in Action Oct 3-4, San Jose CA - Six Seconds' Peer:Peer Conference Choose to Change is a "peer-to-peer" conference where "real people" dialogue to share what’s working in emotional intelligence implementation programs in business, education, and community. Presentations will come from leaders together with practitioners sharing a "case history" of their experience and results with EQ. Get details on the...http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=295 EQ on NBC&039;s Today Show- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Six Seconds' COO, Joshua Freedman, appeared on NBC's Today Show to discuss how emotional intelligence helps relationships (clip below). The segment's focus is "keeping emotions in check," which Freedman says is just the start. "People often ask how to 'control' emotions, which illustrates a critical issue in our thinking about feelings," Freedman says this paradigm leads people to a perpetual stuggle with themselves. "Instead, if we start valuing feelings as a...http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=296 Assent, Dissent, Descent- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Recently... I told Emma (8-year-old daughter) she needed to get dressed to go. Instant protest, heel-dragging, power struggle. Yet we were going to do something she wanted! I observed a new cross-functional team starting up. The person assigned to schedule the first meeting asserted, "Since no one else wants to, I will chair the team." People rolled eyes and crossed arms (mostly hidden!). Yet she was right -- no one else wanted to chair. I was...http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=297 Presentations for October Conference- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Please take a look at http:6seconds.orgc2c - you can now download the list of presentations. As you can see, this is an event where "real people" are sharing success stories of how emotional intelligence is helping to improve results in business, education, gov't and community orgs, healthcare, and for individuals. "Choose to Change" peer-to-peer conference - Oct 3-4, 2008 - San Jose, CA Registration & lodging info are also available on http:6seconds.orgc2c See you.http://6seconds.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=298 |