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Emotional Intelligence: A Key to Positive Change

Emotional Intelligence: A Key to Positive Change

In this speech, Six Seconds’ Chairman Karen McCown shares the definition, process, and purpose of teaching emotional intelligence. Karen founded the renown Nueva School in 1967 as a laboratory for integrating academic and emotional development for gifted children (it went on to win two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education).

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Healthcare Case Study: EQ Reduces Stress

Healthcare Case Study: EQ Reduces Stress

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.

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SHRM HR News: Wisdom not automatic benefit of age

SHRM HR News: Wisdom not automatic benefit of age

Study: Wisdom not automatic benefit of age By Kathy Gurchiek, 2/20/07 In the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, the character played by the actress Kathy Bates is stunned when two young women in a red VW zip into an empty parking space at the grocery, stealing a spot that she had patiently waited to claim. “Hey, […]

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White Paper: Emotional Contagion

White Paper: Emotional Contagion

Emotions serve to focus our attention on aspects of the world that help us thrive. They provide information about our interior world and about our relationships. For this survival function to operate optimally, we are highly sensitive to emotional signals in the environment. One person’s emotions are affected by others’. This effect is called “Emotional […]

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