Traditionally, a lot of emphasis has been laid on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning, math skills, spatial skills, understanding analogies, verbal skills etc. One of the major missing parts in the success equation was emotional intelligence. For various reasons and thanks to a wide range of abilities, people with high emotional intelligence tend to be more successful in life than those with lower EIQ even if their classical IQ is average.

This issue of heading out is devoted to EQ. As always your views, comments, suggestions & contributions are more than welcome. Write to us at editor@emmayhr.com

What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional intelligence refers to an ability to recognize the meaning of emotion and their relationships and to reason and problem-solve on the basis of them. Emotional intelligence is involved... Read the article

Why is Emotional Intelligence important?
IQ by itself is not a very good predictor of job performance. Hunter and Hunter (1984) estimated that at best IQ accounts for about 25 percent of the variance. Sternberg (1996) has pointed out... Read the article

Bringing Emotional Intelligence to the Workplace
Many business leaders agree that success is strongly influenced by personal qualities such as perseverance, self-control and skill in getting along with others. They could point to... Read the article

How Can I USE Emotional Intelligence?
If someone says, “You’re too reactive,” what does that mean? In relation to what or to whom? And aren’t they usually talking more about themselves? Usually they mean “You’re more... Read the article

Emotional Intelligence Tests
For each item listed below, please indicate how well it describes the way you currently think or feel about yourself. This describes me: very well, moderately well, a little, not at all... Read the article

Recruiter's Day

In a country where we celebrate every stage of our life right from birth to important milestones and not to mention elements like ‘bad hair day’ (just kidding), we tend to forget that trusted recruiter who gave us an opportunity to make our mark in the corporate world. Most importantly the recruiter fraternity themselves underplay their role. If we can impact the lives of so many people, if we can navigate the career path for so many people, then why can’t we take a moment to celebrate what we do – recruit.

It is this very thought that has lead to the creation of ‘Recruiter’s day’. It was instituted last year and falls on March 9th. This year it falls on a Sunday but... Read more