Author page for David Caruso
- David's Profile:
- David is the co-founder of the EI Skills Group. He is also a Research Affiliate in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. David is the co-author of the Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). David and colleague Peter Salovey published the practical “how-to” book, The Emotionally Intelligent Manager. David has published numerous articles on the topic of emotional intelligence and is a sought after speaker on the subject. He has also held positions in market research, strategic planning, and product management.
- More about David:
- http://www.eiskills.com
Posts by David:
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Why work?,
27 Apr 2008
Did you see the little blurb in the Sunday NY Times business section? MBA students from the top 15 schools were asked to select the 3 topo factors they wanted in a job. #1 was ‘challenging job responsibilities”. The second was money - not the first as many think. Work-life balance followed and then came […]
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Expressing Emotions at Work,
11 Apr 2008
A survey in 2000 found that the most frequently expressed emotion at work was anger and the least frequently expressed emotion was joy. When I mentioned this to a group of b-school students a few days ago most were not surprised. Anger, they report, is common in their work experience. Expressing joy is associated with being […]
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Happiness, Negative Emotions and Newsweek article,
05 Feb 2008
This week’s issue of Newsweek has an article about some fall-out from the ‘happiness movement’. Basically, the argument is that sadness can be a natural response to life events and that negative emotions can be adaptive. Accessing and leveraging the ‘full range of emotions’ should be part of any approach to EI.
Remember that emotions […]
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Doing the right thing and EI,
31 Jan 2008
Lately, I have been thinking about values and EI so I started to re-read some of the earlier writing on the theory. These abilities are to be used to promote emotional growth and development. People high on EI are not masters of the universe, nor do they rise to the top of the corporate heap. […]
