How important is EQ for different jobs? That is a question that often comes up. To try to answer , I will write about studies, research and our own experience of working with people from different fields of work. I hope it will increase our understanding of the different skills that are most important and
For us who work in Asia, the lack of of good EQ books translated into different languages have been a real problem. We are constantly working on trying to raise EQ awareness and acceptance and while people and many organizations in Asia have heard about Emotional Intelligence, very few actually know much about the business
Emotional Intelligence – Personality Same or Different? What the research says: EI is a distinct construct from personality. Can predict performance above and beyond measures of personality (Petrides, Furnham, 2001) Some overlap (Leary,et al., 2009) Meta-analysis: Some overlap but “EI does add incremental validity over personality, yet personality does not add incremental validity over EI.”
In this blog I will try to bring some clarity to IQ, EQ and Personality. What is Intelligence (IQ)? A very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. It is not merely book learning, a narrow
One of the most frequent questions we get when it comes to Emotional Intelligence is; How does EQ and personality compare ? What about personality tests and EQ tests -and IQ tests?? At a Kandidata Asia networking meeting in Singapore recently I addressed that question and I think it deserves a post on this blog
We have just finished another certification program in Singapore led by Kandidata Asia´s MD Maria Amerstorfer. I am spending 6 weeks in Asia and aside from getting a nice break from the winter weather in Stockholm where I am based, it was a great pleasure to be a part of the certification. Our participants this
