How to Vitalize Hiring with Emotional Intelligence

It’s tough to get the right people with the right skills in the right seats. As more organizations see the value of emotional intelligence as a key driver of performance, they’re developing methods for hiring for EQ. With the right ...

Group Emotions and Leadership

Groups are part of life. Most of us have belonged to one, be it a book club, work team, charity, or sports team; any group of people aiming for a common goal. Some groups work together harmoniously and get things done, while others ...

Transforming Office Space with EQ

Do you work in a cubicle? Or do you work in an open space surrounded by plants and sit on a hammock with your colleagues? The design of our work spaces has an effect on our happiness and productivity, but how does emotional ...

Research Report: Leadership EQ and Work Engagement in Healthcare

What is the connection between a leader’s emotional intelligence and how engaged their employees are? A new study by Dr. Ekta Vyas establishes that healthcare leaders’ emotional intelligence predicts their performance outcomes, which ...

The Vital Hospital: EQ and Patient Centered Care

I was remembering recently the last months I spent with my father during his terminal illness and his successful determination to stay out of the hospital, to remain at home until the end. He felt that going to the hospital would cause ...

Inspiring Employee Engagement through Emotional Intelligence

Each year, the United States experiences $450 billion to $550 billion† in lost productivity due to low employee engagement. Companies have poured millions into programs designed to make people happier and more satisfied at work, but in ...

Collaborate or Compete

Three trends  Stress is growing.  Empathy is decreasing Collaboration is urgently needed. Three trends These three trends combine to offer a nearly intractable problem. A problem that’s driving a resurgent war for talent, and an urgent ...

Crossing the Gap: From Science to Practice

At the NexusEQ Conference (Harvard Medical School Conference Center, June 24-26 2013), we heard about 50 different cases presented showing that the science and practice of emotional intelligence isn’t just “nice to have.” We’re talking ...