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Sometimes called emotional intelligence (EI), on occasion social intelligence (SI), Daniel Goleman in the 90’s, then a science writer for the New York Times, wrote on both subjects. A more recent treatment, by Karl Albrecht, Social Intelligence, appeared in 2006. Wikipedia has ten pages on emotional intelligence and two on social intelligence, so that very well summarizes the field, which is what relationship is all about.
In 1920, Edward L. Thorndike of Columbia University used social intelligence regarding the skill to understand and manage people, while the first use of emotional quotient could have been as recently as 1985, when Wayne Payne had a doctoral thesis on the subject. The first published article appeared in 1990 and Goleman’s book, Emotional Intelligence, in 1994.
In the science of EI, there are four emotions: perception, utilization, understanding and management. Like an IQ aptitude test, there is a social quotient (SQ) test, but it has an acronym of MSCEIT (Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test). Further, those in the field dismiss this test as one of intelligence. In general, both IQ and MSCEIT show inheritance (60 to 70%) more dominant over the environment. From all indications, that more familiar measurement, IQ, is NOT a good predictor of job performance.
Goleman, a psychologist, claims that his EI test is a better predictor of workplace success, and is based on: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management. Albrecht, a business writer, proposed 5 parts to his SPACE model: situational awareness, presence, authenticity, clarity and empathy.
The difference makers were abilities such as handling of frustration, control of emotions and getting along with other people. With respect to professional success and prestige, social/emotional abilities were four times more important than IQ.
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The Dow Jones Industrials edged up 14 to 9882, with world markets almost all down. Gold was up a buck to $1041/toz and crude oil is at about $80/barrel.
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Typhoon Mirinae, now at 85 MPH, will strengthen into a Category 3 typhoon, then slightly weaken before heading in the general direction of Manila, or just north, by early this weekend.
That disturbance that formed southwest of Hawaii is heading west.
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