Sunday, December 05, 2010

emotional intelligence (EQ)

Guidelines for Promoting Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace - a paper chiefly constructed by Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman featuring 22 guidelines which represent the best current knowledge relating to the promotion of EQ in the workplace, summarised as:
paving the way
  • assess the organization's needs
  • assessing the individual
  • delivering assessments with care
  • maximising learning choice
  • encouraging participation
  • linking goals and personal values
  • adjusting individual expectations
  • assessing readiness and motivation for EQ development
doing the work of change
  • foster relationships between EQ trainers and learners
  • self-directed chnage and learning
  • setting goals
  • breaking goals down into achievable steps
  • providing opportunities for practice
  • give feedback
  • using experiential methods
  • build in support
  • use models and examples
  • encourage insight and self-awareness
encourage transfer and maintenance of change (sustainable change)
  • encourage application of new learning in jobs
  • develop organizational culture that supports learning
evaluating the change - did it work?
  • evaluate individual and organizational effect

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