My Dad turns 81 in May and we manage to have coffee together 3 or 4 times a week. He lives in Calgary and I live in Victoria. Dad and his lovely wife, Ida bought a laptop about 3 years ago. I had great visions of being connected via email. It just didn’t pan out….
Here are a few thoughts on some interview questions that fold in the fifteen emotional quotient competencies of the BarOn model of EQ …
I’ve worked very hard to develop a good reputation for myself as an ambassador for emotional intelligence – but social media poses new challenges
Partnerships are a beautiful thing. They are especially important for us ‘solo-preneurs’ who are often working alone. Yes, I work with others, but I don’t go to an office where I see a lot of other people every day. I commute down the hallway to my home office where I peck away at the computer…
Wow, a lot has happened since my last blog post! New website, new year, new ideas, new projects, and a new life in Calgary, Alberta. Wait, what? Why would someone move from Vancouver to Calgary? It’s not that Calgary is not a great city. It is a great city in its own right, but compared…
The EQ-i is licenced by Multi-Health Systems Inc. This training course will include detailed information and instruction on the administration, scoring, interpretation, development, norming, reliability and validity of the BarOn EQ-i. It will provide you with the information and skills you will need to make educated and informed decisions regarding your employees or clients and…
Rebecca Miller and the team at Core Elements and I continue to work with our First Nations organizations. It is so interesting to me the unique issues that these organizations face that challenge organizational effectiveness. It reminds me of the managers we worked with in China. While the issues are completely different and unique to…
Finding Your Way Home: a soul survival kit – tools for discovering your emotional and spiritual power by Melody Beattie While this book has a high foo foo factor and refers to God a lot (this can also be a God of your understanding), there is a lot of great stuff here. I have trouble…
I’m currently in Beijing, China working with “EI China” on some exciting marketing and business development events. I love working with the people here, the food is fantastic, I’m learning a bit of the language, and I’m having a pretty good time, but “home is where the heart is.” I really miss my family! :-(…
We have had a wonderful string of certification courses this year in Toronto, San Francisco, and Vancouver. I’ve met and worked with some fabulous people and it has spun off into additional courses and projects. We’re bringing the cert course to Chicago, hosted by St. Xavier University as a result of a course participant and we’ll…
How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People–Their Secrets, Their Stories by Rick Foster and Greg Hicks I love this book! I know, you’ve heard that before, but this book, a gift from a wonderful Bay Area coach, Anke Thiele, is unique in that the authors travelled around looking for…
I’m currently in Beijing, China working with “EI China” on some exciting marketing and business development events. I love working with the people here, the food is fantastic, I’m learning a bit of the language, and I’m having a pretty good time, but “home is where the heart is.” I really miss my family! :-(…
Do you feel cared for by me? I know, it’s a strange question, but one I often ask myself when I get an e-newsletter, “does this person care about me or do they just want my money?” Obviously, you wanted something from me when you subscribed to my newsletter and obviously, I wanted you to…
Let’s start back at the Chicago International Conference on Emotional Intelligence June 30, July 1 as we’ve got some catching up to do. It was a fabulous conference! I loved seeing old friends, okay, so not necessarily so old, but the real pioneers of EI/EQ development, many of whom I met at the first international…
EQ-360 Certification Course Teleclass March 6, 2009* 9-noon PST Must have EQ-i Certification as the pre-requisite. For $650CAD you get an EQ-360 on yourself, an EQ-360 on a person of your choosing, and then 2 complimentary EQ-360 uses (at $200/ea that’s a value of $800!) Simply register at www.eitrainingcompany.com EQ-i Certification Course Dates: Download the…