Jill and I were fortunate enough to spend a glorious week in Puerto Vallarta the week before Christmas. I think we’ve started a new Christmas tradition.;-) I had the opportunity to go scuba diving and really enjoyed it. I don’t know if you’ve ever been scuba diving, but it’s quite a unique experience to actually…
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“The Other Kind of Smart: Simple Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success”, by Harvey Deutschendorf, 2009. Harvey was a participant in one of my courses very early on in the ’90s – an ‘early adopter’ and has written a marvelous…
My pick for website of the month is the Centre for Nonviolent Communication. This site is built around the work of Marshall Rosenberg, who wrote the excellent book, Non-Violent Communication. One of the central themes in Rosenberg’s work is compassion. I think it’s important if we are to be honest with ourselves that we also…
As is my habit, I borrowed a CD from the library to listen to in the car. This time it was Daniel Goleman, author of the original 1995 book that popularized the concept world-wide, “Emotional Intelligence” and Warren Bennis, distinguished professor and author of several great books on leadership, talking about honesty. I was disappointed…
I think the EQ-i and MBTI go great together, but rather than explain my views, let’s hear from MBTI master practitioner, Lori Lacey,
This video caught my attention because it has so many good things to say about leadership. It’s an excellent example of how EQ competencies are required…
Knowing that Dave had been to Nigeria and the Middle East prompted me to write about my ‘dental tourism’ trip to Mexico. In late April, an opportunity came up to travel to Telchac Puerto on the Gulf of Mexico. Telchac is about 45 km north of Merida …
For being such a hot place, Dubai’s pretty cool ;-) Everywhere you go the air conditioning is brutally cold and you have to go outside to warm up ;-) But seriously, what the United Arab Emirates has built out of a pile of sand is quite remarkable. I’ve heard the political system here called a…
This 50 minute presentation by Goleman is of interest because he does a good job laying out the difference between threshold capacities and distinguishing capacities. IQ-like competencies are threshold capacities – that is, people need to meet a basic threshold of IQ to even get in the game. But EQ is a distinguishing capacity in so far as someone’s emotional and social intelligence is directly
I’m suffering from/enjoying the Summertime Blues. I’m not sure if I’m suffering or enjoying. I guess I just can’t seem to let go of some of the stuff I ‘ought’ to do so I can really enjoy the stuff I’m doing. My to do list is growing…
I think I will endeavour to take more photos and post more photos. But for now here’s a few.
I’ve heard it said that you cannot visit Africa and not be affected and I knew it was true on my first visit two years ago, but now coming back to Lagos, Nigeria, I know it once again. I’ve spent the week working with warm, wonderful Nigerian leaders who have such a sincere desire for…
We just wrapped the Ottawa EQ-i Certification Course and I continue to marvel at the talented, experienced, knowledgeable people who sign up for the EQ-i Certification. These participants are …
Wanted to make sure you knew about the next EQ-i Certification Courses: EQ-i Certification Course, Canada School of Public Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 26-28, 2010 (still some space available) EQ-i Certification Course, Ramada Hotel Downtown, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 21-23, 2010 (still space available) EQ-i Certification Course, Marriot Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 14-16,…