Every morning I walk with my dog through the Calgary snow and where we walk no one else goes, so every morning I have the opportunity to try to walk in my own footprints. Funny, I don’t think Jonah has this same compulsion. ;-) Have you ever tried to do this? It’s really difficult to [...]
What motivates us to change? I’ve been fascinated by this question for a long time and recently discovered my own motivation to change as a result of CTI coach training I attended as a participant. If you’ve attended one of my presentations, you will have heard this one before. Whenever someone asks me, “how can [...]
I have a very ‘successful’ friend who likes to joke that he and his colleagues are too ‘task oriented’ for EQ and they run a very financially successful transportation business. I also have another friend who runs a financially successful oil and gas business who is looking at how EQ can improve what they do. [...]
EQ Tools: Michigan Reach Out! is a program that links college students and community members with teens and children in mentoring relationships. They created a workshop to better understand feelings and emotions and posted a preview with the statement, “we permit anyone to use these materials, but not to sell them.” So, feel free to [...]
This month’s website by Joseph Hager (a contemporary and colleague of Paul Ekman, the famous facial expression interpreter) is an interesting look at the critical link between the face – that emotion revealing target of our eyes when we encounter another human being – and emotions. Check it out and I’m sure you’ll agree there’s [...]
I’ve had several coaching sessions using the new EQi-2.0® recently and I’m so blown away by how much more engaging and helpful it can be at really helping people get to the bottom of things. “Oh, come on,” you’re saying, “it can’t be that much better than the original?” “Oh, yes it can,” I say. [...]
by Catherine Burdett, Senior EQ Coach I find myself at the grocery store almost every day, in the summer months, when impromptu visitors arrive, the weather is awesome and the time feels right to sit on the patio and enjoy great company, food and drink. There I was, again this week, at my local food [...]
by Catherine Burdett, Senior EQ Coach,EITC This past weekend was an extraordinary experience. For two full days, I was able to observe people in an environment chock-a-block full of opportunities to practice emotional intelligence. PICTURE THIS: Over “2000 athletes, coaches, parents and volunteers gathered at Calgary’s Talisman Centre to stage the Alberta Summer Swimming [...]
