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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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Okinawa Marine: Chaplains Trained for Change

Pacific chaplains meet for professional development course Pacific chaplains meet for professional development course Lance Cpl. Terence L. Yancey CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa (March 16, 2007) — Navy chaplains from installations across the Asia-Pacific region gathered on Okinawa for a professional development training course March 7-9 on Camp Foster. Representatives from Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network […]

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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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What Are Emotions?

Feelings are a dominant force in learning, they are powerful and meaningful. But what are they? What happens inside us when our “feelings are hurt” or when we are ready to “jump for joy”?

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Choosing Optimism: An Interview with Martin EP Seligman, Ph.D.

What is optimism? Can it be learned? How? Martin Seligman is one of the preeminent experts on optimism and a founder of positive psychology. This interview explores many of the key ingredients for creating a happy, fulfilled life and introduces the concept of positive psychology. Josh: The tool that you introduced at the Nexus EQ […]

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