In this video Kristen Lindquist, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, examines how culture shapes our perspectives, how we express ourselves emotionally, and how we interpret emotions.
Jody Béke shares her experience with the Emotional Quotient Inventory certification (EQ-i 2.0) course at EITC.
Psychologist Susan David tells us how we learn to accept and grieve through authenticity and truth telling.
“So two key takeaways. First off, I was really struck by the richness of the tool and the insights, that could be generated, the interconnectivity, and the richness of the report. I think that certainly…
This is a great talk on error rates and how they relate to teams with psychological safety. Teams that talk openly about errors, did better.
“I thought too – it was just an exceptional group to work with. I found the way this was presented and the interactive nature of this really beneficial and the breakout groups, and opportunity to…
Being a bystander is the opposite of being a leader. The bystander chooses to remain uninvolved and takes no action.
Bearing witness, acknowledging, is powerful. Our culture has somehow made a habit of avoiding pain and encouraging others to avoid pain.
Simon Sinek shares some challenging and provocative messages for leaders! Good reframes here.
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.
This talk by Ramona Hacker is a nice perspective on emotional intelligence. It’s great that she identifies the negative connotations that “emotional” has. She is a big proponent of journaling and Brené Brown. The three…
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.
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,…
The curriculum has been so rich and the practice so enlightening. Thank you to all of you for creating a safe environment David.I want to thank you for your facilitation. You’re so knowledgeable and so helpful and really energizing in terms of what you brought out in our group.
EITC’s mission is to create permanent, sustainable change in individuals and organizations through the development of emotional intelligence skills.
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…
The soldier mindset represents motivated reasoning. This is a nice talk about how our personal commitments can impact our reality testing.
From the Manager of Learning and Development of a Financial Services Company at the completion our online EQ-I 2.0 certification course last week. “Thank you to Jill as well and to everyone here. I’ve learned…
There is a large and growing realm of research about race-aware human resource and team building policies. What it all points to is that so-called “colour-blind” policies don’t work – they protect racism. Take for…
Guy Winch does an amazing job in this TED talk pointing out the disparity between our attention and cultural fixation on physical health, and our lack of shared cared for our emotional health. What do…
Stress has so many physiological effects and an important part of emotional intelligence is stress management. Here’s a short helpful video on the relationship between stress and memory (cognitive functioning!). Enjoy!
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