Emotional Intelligence
CanadaOne has prepared a great collection of articles on Emotional Intelligence (EQi), designed to help you improve hiring and performance in your workplace.
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: An Interview with Dr. Michael Rock
A simple 'Good Morning' may say more about how an employee will fit into your company than their degree or diploma. It's all about EQ - emotional intelligence. This month Dr. Michael Rock explains EQ and how you can use it to hire the right people.
EQ-i: A Successful Hiring Strategy (Part 1 of 5)
Do your employees have the 'right stuff' for your company? You may be able to improve your hiring practices by changing the way you value and evaluate prospective new hires.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Quiz - Fuel for Success
Taking charge of yourself may be the fuel you need to make your business a success. Take this 12 question quiz to help you gage your own emotional emotional intelligence (EQ), and consider how you can channel your EQ into both business and personal success.
Stress Eq and Unstress You! EQ and the New Workplace
How many times does a meeting turn into a display of anger by the boss? When researchers write up the consequences of these kinds of meetings, results usually come under the heading of 'industrial sabotage.'
Tip the Scales toward a Healthier Work-Life Balance
Striking a balance between work and the rest of your life can be challenging. Here's how to make this goal achievable.
Avoiding Costly Hiring Mistakes: EQ (Emotional Intelligence) and the New Workplace
Imagine the following: You are the Director of Human Resources and you've just hired what you believe is the most qualified applicant for a particular project management team role. Next, see yourself three months later. You are terminating this same person's employment contract. This person is also the third candidate in the past two years whom you have had to let go in a similar fashion.
How Emotional Intelligence Can Transform Your Business
Many entrepreneurs have the smarts and technical expertise to launch a successful business. But not all of them have mastered the  softer skills that can make or break a business.
THE 90% FACTOR EQ (Emotional Intelligence) and the New Workplace
In this age of the knowledge worker, intellectual capital, connecting learning across the organization, and leveraging human capital, the seemingly simple, yet most profound, act of emotional intelligence (or EQ, emotional quotient) -- listening -- provides us a major clue to competitiveness.
I Count -- I Count You! EQ and the New Workplace
At look at EQ-i, value in the workplace, and how different types of workers affect the overall atmosphere.
It's All in How You See It! (Part 5 of 5) EQ (Emotional Intelligence) and the New Workplace
In his final article on EQ and the workplace, Dr. Michael Rock explores the relationship between EQ, worker happiness, productivity, and the new workplace.
Case Example: Intel's Andy Grove
In an article in Fortune magazine, Andy Grove, Ph.D.,founder and head of Intel Corp., answered what he called the "urgent questions in this radically new environment: What are businesses to do? And, what are managers themselves to do?" Whilehis answers are incredibly blunt, they are also realistic.