At the HRIA conference in Edmonton
It’s day two at the HRIA conference. This is some of our team posing yesterday at our booth. We’re at booth #410 just in case you want to come visit…
Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional
A friend is grieving the tragic death of a family member and has reached out to her community which includes me…
Interesting connection between the experience of awe and the percieved flow of time
In this video, Melanie Rudd explains the results of some research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Do you have an experience of too little time? Are you time hungry? …
David Cory Goes to Harvard
I’m not venturing off to do my PhD, not just yet, and when I do, I doubt Harvard will be possible for me. No, I’m off to Harvard University to present at the upcoming Nexus EQ Conference, June 24-26, 2013. The title of my presentation will be “Bulls in the China Shop: the Emotional Intelligence…
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
Do you ever feel like Bill Murray in Ground Hog Day when he walks around the corner morning after morning only to step in the same…
Empathy and good design
IDEO is a world leader in product design. The founder David Kelley tells us why empathy is so important to good design…
New team member, Jenn Lofgren
Please join us in welcoming the newest member of our team, Jenn Lofgren. Jenn’s background includes over fifteen years of experience in coaching…
Why can’t everyone be more like me?
We people are funny! We think others are like ourselves. In fact, it’s one of the interesting challenges that leaders face…
Is optimism weather dependant?
Here in Calgary we are finally experiencing some nice warm (some would say ‘hot’) weather. It’s interesting how weather seems to affect our ability to be optimistic. It’s difficult to stay positive and upbeat when the weather is not so pleasant. You may not have noticed it when the weather is unpleasant for many days…
Chuck Wolfe, a true Pioneer and the ‘Emotion Roadmap’
Chuck Wolfe is a pioneer in emotional intelligence…
Emotional Intelligence and a great group of people
We had an amazing time at the HR Institute of Alberta annual conference! We had a booth and I delivered two breakout sessions – both of which were fully subscribed – and the evaluations were amazing ;-) We met a lot of great people, but most important for us – we got to spend the…
Footprints in the Snow
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…
The emotions of change
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…
Improving bottom line results with EI/EQ
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!
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 get some…
