Articles by The Emotional Intelligence Training Company

Finding focus in the midst of complexity

Long Beach at Tofino: a wide expanse of beach and ocean with footprints going towards the water

What can we do about this increasing complexity of work? How do we counter this trend? Let’s take a look at how a few of…

Unconscious bias, emotional intelligence and leadership

A guy in a suit runs from a tiny chicken, and the shadow of a giant predator.

The strength of unconscious bias is it can help us think and make decisions quickly. The downside of unconscious, or implicit, bias is that it…

Five ways emotional intelligence can help you get your next job

Managers mingle at a conference during a networking session in Vancouver.

Emotional intelligence forms a critical foundation for workplace effectiveness and is really important to your professional success. But can it help you get a job…

Reality testing and learning to change our opinions

Brain scans of the same brain across 12 different scans showing different areas lighting up in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Being able to accept and integrate new information is an emotional intelligence skill. Many of us think of reality testing as cognitive intelligence. To really…

Fully formed and fully functioning is a fiction

A team of dancers in the middle of their choreography with a single dancer flying out of the mass of bodies.

From failing to speak up, to speaking too often and too loudly, the pressure to present as fully functioning and fully formed has many impacts…

Emotional Intelligence resources

Leaders with Emotional Intelligence – published in the Art of Leadership Magazine, Spring 2013 (PDF)

Leading with Emotional Intelligence – presented at the ASEAN World HR Congress, Kuala Lumpur, 2010 

Coaching Leaders – published in the Vancouver Board of Trade periodical, “Sounding Board” (PDF)

Return on investment reports

There are two very interesting reports with research on the measurable impact of EI development in organizations:

  1. ROI and Emotional Intelligence (PDF)
  2. Leadership and emotional intelligence: driving ROI and performance (PDF)