BR: Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Emotional Intelligence was a previous topic, now followed up with a book review on the same topic, "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves. They refer to Emotional Intelligence as EQ and remains a very popular topic in organization and leadership training.

Every day there are highly intelligent and well-educated people struggling to navigate in the world, while less intelligent and educated people are excelling. It has been thought that Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ) makes the difference. EQ is harder to measure than IQ, but its power has been made clear.

It's a Thing! Emotional Intelligence

"It's a thing" is a series that highlights concepts that employers and managers use and sometimes evaluate employees with that they may not be aware.

Just a few years ago, Emotional Intelligence (EI) was a new topic. Today it seems that everyone is talking about it, yet I find that few people apply it to personal development. Having an understanding of EI is important because it is now a major measuring stick by which employees are measured. I have heard many managers say that a particular employee is not "too high" in EI. The ramifications for not increasing your EI is the difference in a job or no job at worst and the difference in a promotion or no promotion at best.