Disappointment: a bittersweet companion on life’s journey
Disappointment can feel heavy, like a storm cloud blocking the sunlight.
Author: Sherwin Arnott
Let them be in emotional pain
Bearing witness, acknowledging, is powerful. Our culture has somehow made a habit of avoiding pain and encouraging others to avoid pain.
How to build driven teams
Autonomy, mastery, and purpose! For the win. This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
Emotional Intelligence in a Pandemic: How to Maintain Connection while Working Remotely
COVID-19 has caused rapid change, uncertain futures, working virtually, and a lot of anxiety as we all determine what this might mean for our futures and the futures of our organizations.
Kimberlé Crenshaw, On Intersectionality, WOW 2016
Professor Crenshaw is a giant in the field of critical race theory and she is probably best well know for coining the term intersectionality. As an academic and lawyer she works at UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School This presentation that Crenshaw gave at WOW 2016 is a helpful overview of the concept of intersectionality.
We don’t “move on” from grief; we move forward with it
In a talk that’s by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let’s face it, affect us all,…
Webinar: The Emotional Intelligence Coaching Blueprint
Emotional Intelligence has been around for three decades, has an entire centre dedicated to its study at Yale University and has been identified by the World Economic Forum as a Top 10 employability skill for 2020. What exactly is EI? Why is it important for coaches? And is there a model of EI that could act as a blueprint for coaching clients?
“Sam wondered if emotional intelligence could explain why some teams excelled…”
This is a story about Sam. Sam works in human resources, aka people services, at Company X. Sam discovers how to get certified in emotional intelligence assessment, so that he can help all the teams…
Pamela Meyer tells us about lying and how to spot a liar
Working with a team of researchers over several years, Meyer, who is CEO of social networking company Simpatico Networks, collected and reviewed most of the research on deception that has been published, from such fields as law-enforcement, military, psychology and espionage.
Can your EQ help your IQ?
We enjoyed this article from Psychology Today about how Emotional Intelligence might play a bigger role in academic success than organization, and almost as big a role as IQ. It is written by Carolyn MacCann,…
Why you think you’re right — even if you’re wrong
The soldier mindset represents motivated reasoning. This is a nice talk about how our personal commitments can impact our reality testing.
Some COVID-19 online resources that might be helpful
World Health Organization COVID-19 [icon icon=”external-link”], Health Canada’s Coronavirus daily update [icon icon=”external-link”], Employment and Social Development Canada: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) [icon icon=”external-link”], Centres of Disease Control and Prevention [icon icon=”external-link”], Coronavirus map showing cases…
Webinar: Emotional intelligence and gender
Join Jill Cory on March 20 for a free webinar on emotional intelligence and it’s relationship to gender. March 20, 2020, Friday, 9am – 10am Pacific How does your gender affect your emotional intelligence? Join…
Webinar with CPHR BC & Yukon: Emotional Intelligence and Authenticity
Join David Cory on February 25, 2020Webinar starts at 9:30am PacificOnline webinar: register by Friday February 21Members get access freeNon-members pay $29.99 In many models of transformational leadership Authenticity is a critical component. Join David…
How the structure of offices shapes collaboration
The glorious and sometimes (often?) uncomfortable thing about science, is that it can deliver answers to questions that are counter-intuitive. Take open offices, for example. Who could predict that open offices would result in significantly…
EITC webinar: Emotional Intelligence and the Insight Dimension of Transformational Leadership
Join us to explore the unique dimension of Insight in the four dimensional model of transformational leadership contained within the MHS EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 Leadership Report. What is Insight? How is it critical for transformational leadership?…
What Learning & Development professionals need to know
Join David Cory, M.A., a Leadership Development Coach, Trainer and Consultant whose work is based on emotional intelligence, as he guides you on an interactive examination of the topic and provides tools you can use…
Why a little chaos might be good for us
This interview with Shankar Vedantam is brilliant. Tim Harford tells us a little about his research and his book, Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives. From Trump, to Amazon, to Martin Luther…
Psychological Bulletin: Gender differences in emotion expression in children: A meta-analytic review.
This meta analysis is a remarkable survey of research regarding gender differences in emotional expression in children. The research it surveys, and the framework, appear to be entrenched in the gender binary: the article mentions…
Webinar on October 22: Emotional Intelligence and Authenticity
From time to time EITC will do webinars with partner organizations. And a few times a year David Cory and team will host webinars on requested, and popular, topics. Join David Cory on October 22,…
Passion, insight, leadership, and… one buttock playing
In this talk by Benjamin Zander we really get a felt sense of leadership. Great leaders provide inspiration and purpose; in other words, they provide insight. This talk is funny, but also Zander goes to…