This post is the second in a series highlighting emotional intelligence (EQ) in the workplace. If you’re curious to learn how we incorporate EQ in our work just contact us. _________________________________________________________________________ I spoke recently with a potential client about developing emotional intelligence (EQ), and they asked “Does developing EQ just mean pretending to feel good about bad things?” The short answer is: absolutely not. Acting is […]
Tonya Peck and I launched Locomotive Partners in the summer of 2009 to pursue organizational development (OD) work with clients, for the public, and the community of OD practitioners in the Pacific Northwest. One year later and that work continues to pick up steam (most recently with our move into a wonderfully open shared work-space at the Seattle architecture firm Bumgardner). We’re happy to report […]
We’ll update this blog-post over time with the books, videos, blogs, articles, and other resources that have influenced the 2-hour workshop “EQ for Entrepreneurs.” I delivered this to a class of graduate design students at Lake Washington Technical College. Resources available so far include: WORKSHOP MATERIALS: EQ for Entrepreneurs (PDF) TOOLS: The Awareness Wheel (PDF) The Waterline Model (PDF) ARTICLES: The Business Case for Emotional […]
Earlier this week, I met with graduate students in the design program at Lake Washington Technical Collage about Emotional Intelligence (EQ). My colleague Lindsay Andreotti teaches a class there on “Entrepreneurship and Design” for students in the second year of the program (about 35 people). This was a pretty exciting audience because the bulk of their instruction focuses on design principles and skills. This class […]
Following on the heals of last week’s Seattle ISPI workshop (recap coming soon), we’ll be presenting several more talks in the coming months around the region and the US: October 12th at Lake Washington Technical College -Â My good friend and colleague Lindsay Andreotti is teaching a class this semester on “Entrepreneurship and Design”. I’ll be talking about emotional intelligence as a key differentiator for successful […]