EQ By the Numbers

There are many, many numbers on EQ and its effects on performance, productivity, employee engagement and much more.

The following numbers are from Daniel Goleman’s book Working with Emotional Intelligence.

Daniel Goleman’s analysis of 181 jobs in 121 organizations found that emotional competencies were the best differentiators between star performers and typical performers.

In top leadership positions over 85% of the difference in performance is due to emotional competence.

An Overview of Emotional Intelligence

The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves is an excellent quick read.  This book also comes with a free assessment as long as the book is new and someone hasn’t used it.

The book describes the difference of IQ from EQ.  Your IQ never changes and stays the same.  They have done studies and found that two people with the same IQ can have completely different levels of success.  Also your IQ is your ability to learn and it does not change over time.  On the other hand EQ can be developed even if you are not born with it.

Rules of Motivation

Self motivation is huge………  An enormous challenge in all stages of life and in all arenas.  Whether it’s exercise, diet choices, looking for a new job, or excelling at the job you have.

Over the years I have seen many people who had every skill imaginable to be successful, they lacked one key component, motivation.  I can remember one of my first management jobs in my 20′s, I had an employee who would of made a great manager.  I tried everything to motivate him to do more and try more.

One day, MY manager asked me when I was going to

Getting Beyond Our Stories at Work

Oh, the Tales We Tell: Getting Beyond Our Stories at Work

Every day, Jack begins his work by telling himself his favorite story: I’m not valued around here. They’re heaping on the work just to see when I’ll quit. I’m sure to be passed over for promotion.

His co-worker, Alissa, has her own favorite story: This company’s president is a demanding control freak who criticizes everything. He shuts me out of every decision but expects me to know everything.

Every day, we tell ourselves enough of these kinds of stories to fill a library: Why my supervisor closed her door today. Why the client rejected my proposal. What my associate meant when he laughed at my question. Why everyone is being so difficult. How I’m such a failure.

Emotional Intelligence

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” Max DePree

Emotional Intelligence

This is one of my favorite topics… Why? It changed my life! I was stressed out, over worked and a ton of other things before getting a bad review in the late 90’s.

I heard about Emotional Intelligence in 2000 when I stumbled upon Daniel Goleman’s book Working with Emotional Intelligence. I had been reading any book I could find that would help me be a better manager since I found out my staff was terrified of me. I read it and couldn’t believe it!!!! It was the missing link!