Listen in on January 23, 2012 for a Special Encore Presentation hosted by Dr. Cathy Greenberg and Dr. Relly Nadler

Dr. Steven Stein is the author of Make Your Workplace Great: The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization , Emotional Intelligence for Dummies , and co-author of the international bestseller The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success . . Dr. Steven Stein is a clinical psychologist and the founder and CEO of Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS), and publisher of the world’s premier Emotional Intelligence assessments, the EQ-i, the BOEI, and the MSCEIT, as well as other leading psychological assessments Dr. Stein and MHS have tested the Emotional Intelligence (EQ) of more people in the world than anyone else. Dr. Stein has consulted with the Canadian Armed Forces, the U.S. Air Force, the FBI, and special units of the Pentagon. Dr. Stein has also worked with numerous corporate clients, including American Express, Air Canada, Coca Cola, CIBC, and several professional sports teams.

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Tuesday, December 13 | 2-3 PM ET

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Do you want to improve the probability of hiring the best person for a position?  Research indicates that emotional intelligence (EI) is predictive of success in many careers. As such,  we should include EI assessments as an integral part of selection.

Your selection process could include:

• An emotional intelligence assessment that is valid for selection purposes,
• Structured interview questions that can be compared with scoring criteria for key EI competencies, and
• Tasks relevant to the position that reveals the emotional intelligence of candidates.

If you’ve read Jim Collins’ book, Good to Great, you know getting the best employees “on the bus” is only the first step. You also need them to be sitting in the right seat on the bus; thus, you need to match employees’ EI strengths to the demands of the job. The presenters for this webcast have used the above strategies to assist many organizations to select the best employee for the position.

What you will learn:

• How you can use a valid emotional intelligence assessment in the selection process
• How to build EI content into interview questions and create a rubric for evaluating the answers
• How to include and score activities that will reveal key aspects of a candidate’s emotional intelligence that will be predictive of job success
• How to incorporate information about EI with other relevant information such as educational background, experience and other skills

Tuesday, November 22 | 1-2PM ET

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When you think about making emotional intelligence part of your business game plan, what do you think about?

Scott Halford and Marty Lassen have been certified in the EQ-i 2.0 since 2000 and have found a simple formula that makes sense to their many clients:  Smart Employees + Smart Emotions = Smart Business™.

Companies that focus on the essential components of business that address how people conduct themselves and how they deal with others realize results that go to the bottom line. Yet many companies avoid the inclusion of EI in their leadership curriculum. Or they offer it in such a limited way that it makes little or no impact and delivers the same kind of return. In most large corporations, some curriculum related to emotional intelligence is offered, in some form. Too often this amounts to a one-day seminar or an assessment with abbreviated feedback. Rarely do these offerings link back to the business in a way that is applicable or useful.

The Complete Intelligence™ approach focuses on ways to make the lesson, and its application, immediately relevant to the business and the participants. You will learn how to create awareness about EI in your organization and to leverage the EQ-i 2.0 assessment for individual and team development. There will be a discussion about things to think about as you consider adding EI to your curriculum; in some cases, it might not be the right thing to do. Finally, we’ll share our approach to program design and tell you about the learning materials and workshops we’ve developed to help individuals and teams make emotional intelligence an actionable activity in their organizations.

What You Will Learn:
  1. How to leverage the EQ-i 2.0 for talent development.
  2. Employing emotional intelligence for the development of teams and high potential talent.
  3. Things to consider when including emotional intelligence in your leadership curriculum.

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Successful leaders exhibit skills that may look natural and easy yet are truly the result of paying close attention and being responsive to the whole environment. To do so, they learn to be emotionally literate and employ a complex set of skills in ways that may seem innate though in fact are the result of a willingness to work, learn and improve. They accomplish effective employee engagement through paying attention and intentionally interacting well.

Leaders often believe that their cognitive intelligence is the threshold for their success, and they do need solid IQ smarts and a good education to get in the door and to keep up with technical and professional developments. To move beyond that threshold they need to be adept at relationships, influencing and leading staff and teams effectively. The most powerful and sustainable way to build those relationships with individuals and teams requires using the four emotional intelligence skills that create empathic assertiveness: empathy, assertiveness, impulse control and optimism.

This webinar defines those skills, demonstrates through case examples how leaders use these skills well and provides ideas for developing each skill.

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September
2011 ICF Conference at Booth 610
Las Vegas, NV

IPMA-HR International Training Conference & Expo at Booth 12
Chicago, IL

October
Society of Emotional Intelligence
Tampa, FL

November
CSTD Annual Conference at Booth 203 and 302
Toronto, ON

The testimonials for Brent Darnell’s book, The People-Profit Connection, are glowing for a reason. The value of emotional intelligence (EI) is really brought to light in the construction industry, and who better to explain it than Darnell, a pioneer in the industry that was historically lacking functional EI. With that said, this book demonstrates strong principles that extend to many industries as Darnell explains, “they all have similar problems that relate directly to their collaborative, service-oriented nature and the employees’ need to effective deal with people.” Learn more in the press release below:

Third Edition of the People-Profit Connection Hits Stores Worldwide

Best-selling author, Brent Darnell officially launches third edition of the People-Profit Connection which has sold over 30,000 copies across the globe (http://www.brentdarnell.com).

The People-Profit Connection: How Emotional Intelligence Can Maximize People Skills and Maximize Your Profits hit online stores this month. The third edition brings together the core concepts of the first two editions while addressing the new and emerging trends in the construction industry.

In this book, Brent Darnell introduces his unique approach to teaching Emotional Intelligence skills in technically trained professions. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to identify, assess and manage one’s own emotions and those of others. The People-Profit Connection applies Emotional Intelligence to the major problems that exist within the construction industry. In doing so, Brent unlocks the easy and attainable changes that any company and its people can make to foster better business relationships and improve their industry image.

Emotional Intelligence includes skills such as social competence, stress tolerance, emotional self-awareness and assertiveness. This ability is like an IQ in that it is naturally found in varying degrees from person to person. However, unlike an IQ, Emotional Intelligence can be increased exponentially through specialized programs and techniques like those discussed in the People-Profit Connection.

“The third edition offers even more insight and ideas behind the concept of Emotional Intelligence,” said Brent Darnell, author of the People-Profit Connection. “What makes this book unique is that it applies the EI concept specifically to the construction industry, a field which can easily make drastic changes with its use.”

Brent Darnell is President of Brent Darnell International, bestselling author and in-demand speaker. He attended Georgia Tech for Mechanical Engineering and has extensive experience in the construction industry. Recognizing that problems in technical careers arise from low emotional intelligence and poor leadership, Brent has created fundamental behavioral shifts in thousands of employees worldwide. He is recognized as a leading authority on Emotional Intelligence. To learn more about Brent, visit: http://www.brentdarnell.com.

The third edition of the People-Profit Connection is on sale now at major online book sellers and eBook sellers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, Smash Words and Apple.

In this book, Gail Voisin draws attention to emotional intelligence as being a critical piece to success. In fact, excellence in the workplace can be achieved with practice to improve on the competencies in emotional intelligence (EI). From her own experience, Voisin has isolated “the great eight” EI competencies that require the most development. Learn more in the press release below:

“I believe Gail has an integrated solution unlike anyone else in the world to date.”

—from the foreword by John C. Marshall, Ph.D.

All Together Now
Vision, Leadership, and Wellness 

By Gail Voisin

The theme of this book is the importance of aligning vision, leadership, and wellness to achieve extraordinary success. This book aims to inspire you and influence you to maximize your performance while achieving a better balance in life.

—Gail Voisin, Introduction

Achieving outstanding personal and organizational success in our busy, competitive, chaotic world requires a unique, leading-edge set of skills for twenty-first-century executives and leaders. It is critical to have the knowledge and ability to align the three key areas of vision, leadership, and wellness to measure and sustain high performance levels — The All Together Now Advantage™. When executives achieve these skills, not only will they be in great demand in corporations, but they will be able to live their dream now.

In All Together Now, world-class Executive Coach Gail Voisin demonstrates the importance of:

• Finding your personal vision and linking it to your organization’s vision.
• Getting and staying laser-focused on areas of leadership that matter most to your personal and business success — accomplishing more while at the same time expending less energy.
• Staying physically and mentally healthy to enhance the overall quality of your life.

Gail Voisin is the CEO of her coaching and consulting practice in Toronto and a world-class executive coach and trusted advisor to corporate executives in Canada and the United States. Her compelling brand — The All Together Now Advantage™ — is a proven success story. With her unique background and combination of skills she integrates and links vision, leadership, and wellness to strategic plans and organizational objectives to measure ROI. She lives in Thornhill, Ontario, overlooking the beautiful, natural, and serene setting of the Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto. Visit her website at www.gailvoisin.com.

About The EQ Edge

The revised and updated The EQ Edge explores new developments that have taken place in emotional intelligence research in the past five years. The book touches on the five realms of emotional intelligence – feelings, relations with others, adaptibility, stress management, and general mood – showing how developing emotional intelligence can help create harmony in familiy life and engender success in work life. The book also presents case studies that provide insights into emotional intelligence in the workplace, taking readers through the 15 elements of emotional intelligence – including self-regard, flexibility, empathy, and impulse control – and providing suggestions for improving the less developed areas.

To win, just follow these easy steps:

1) Email growyourbusiness@mhs.com with the subject line, “Become The Authority in Emotional Intelligence”

2) Write a short blurb in the email about how you use emotional intelligence or even the EQ-i 2.0, and what are your next steps that you plan to take to grow your business with emotional intelligence.

Giveaway entries deadline: September 23rd, 2011

Giveaway Details:

• The winner will be randomly drawn from the all submitted entrants on September 23rd, 2011.
• You may only enter the giveaway once.
• Only complete submissions will be considered.

The strength of emotional intelligence is in its application. Since emotional intelligence can be measured, the snapshot of emotional and social competencies can aid in pointing you to the right hires. This will, in turn, lead to the selection of emotionally intelligent, emotionally healthy and the most-likely successful employees.

Join this TrainingIndustry.com webinar, sponsored by MHS, as we show you how emotional intelligence can be used as part of a sound recruiting process, leading to higher retention rates and reduced turnover. Bob Anderson will show you how the recruitment and selection process can be more reliable and efficient, resulting in significant cost savings, improved employee effectiveness and increased morale for your organization.

In this recorded webinar, you will learn:

• The potential cost savings from the use of emotional intelligence in recruitment and selection.

• How to conduct a behavioral interview delving deeper into EQ-i subscales.

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