Hillary Clinton urged to model herself on Margaret Thatcher

I’ve written before about the confusion of male and female personality stereotypes and how they don’t necessarily help us to understand emotional intelligence. While no-one would dispute that there are harder, analytical aspects to personality and there are softer, more… Continue reading

Investment Analysts need Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

According to Jonathan Clements, of the Wall Street Journal, writing in this Saturday’s Kansas City Star, stock market professionals need to develop their EQ if they are going to be effective in their work. He cites a study in the… Continue reading

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – is it a teenage thing?

There’s an interesting article in today’s “Kauai Garden Island News“. They’ve been running a series of columns where adults try to answer questions posed by the Hawaiian island’s youths. The question today followed up an earlier article in which it… Continue reading

Executive Coaching is a maturing market

Hard facts about the coaching market are difficult to come by. The following are not exactly surprises, but it’s nice to know there’s some evidence one way or another. From the Cincinnati Enquirer Co-sponsored by the Tandy Center for Executive… Continue reading

Is emotional intelligence an infantile approach to life?

You can tell it’s the silly season when journalists have to take pot shots at the world around them. This kind of thing is most common during the summer recess, but these days it seems the Season of Goodwill is… Continue reading