Grant, A. M. (2007). Enhancing coaching skills and emotional intelligence through training. Industrial and Commercial Training, 39(5), 257-266.

The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of a long-term (13-week, spaced learning) with a short-term (two-day, block intensive) coaching skills training programme on 23 participants' coaching skills and EI, as measured by the SEIS (Schutte et al., 1998). Participation in the 13-week training course was associated with increases in both goal-focused coaching skills and EI, whereas the two-day block intensive training was associated with increased goal-focused coaching skills, but not EI. The main implications of these findings are that, while short, intensive programmes may improve participants' goal-focused coaching skills, organisations seeking to improve the underlying EI of participants should use a spaced learning approach over a number of weeks.

Mikolajczak, M., Menil, C., & Luminet, O. (2007). Explaining the protective effect of trait emotional intelligence regarding occupational stress: Exploration of emotional labour processes. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 1107-1117.

This study aims at understanding the processes explaining the protective effect of trait EI regarding emotional labour which is defined as the act of managing emotions and emotional expressions in order to be consistent with organizational 'display rules.' Participants were 124 nurses (85% female). Trait EI, as measured by the TEIQue-SF, the Big Five and emotional labour style were assessed at Time 1 (T1) whereas burnout and somatic complaints were measured at both T1 and T2. Globally, the results showed that, when confronted with emotional labour, high trait EI individuals experience lower levels of burnout and somatic complaints, and this effect was found to be mediated by the choice of emotional labour strategies. With the exception of somatic complaints and negative consonance, trait EI demonstrated incremental validity over the Big Five to predict all variables of the study. Such findings adds to a growing body of literature showing that trait EI does indeed predict variance over and above the Giant Three, the Big Five, and other personality or cognitive constructs and refute criticisms that the construct of EI cannot account for criterion variance in the presence of the basic personality dimensions.

The 5th Annual Institute for Emotional Intelligence

The 5th Annual Institute for Emotional Intelligence is scheduled for February 28-29, 2008 in South Padre Island, Texas. The conference theme Personal Excellence: Building Quality From Within, emphasizes excellent EI-centric programs K-12 Education, Higher Education, and Business & Government. Click here for conference and workshop flyers, call for papers, and registration information.

The Global EI Forum

A Global EI Forum is offered in Mumbai, India January 30-31, 2008. Participants in the Global EI Forum will include entrepreneurs, managers, work team leaders, HR professionals, and executive officers. Program highlights include keynote presentations by the authors of Emotional Intelligence: Achieving Academic and Career Excellence, a pre-conference certification workshop on January 29, and CEO and HR round tables in general sessions. To learn more, please click here.

Call for papers - Sixth International Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life 'EMONET VI'

Researchers interested in studying emotions in organizational settings are invited to submit papers for the Sixth Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life ('Emonet VI'), to be held in Fontainebleau, France, July 17-19, 2008. Papers are invited on any topic of relevance to the study of emotions at work, including the determinants of emotion; the nature and description of emotion; processes and effects of emotion at the organizational, team, and individual levels. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Papers that take a multidisciplinary perspective will be especially welcome. Click here for more information.

Do programs designed to increase emotional intelligence at work-work? by Fabio Sala, Ph.D.

The recent and widespread interest in the importance of emotional intelligence (EI) at work (Goleman, 1995) has led to the development of programs that are designed to (1) educate people about the relevance of emotional intelligence in the workplace, (2) assess their relative strengths and weaknesses, and (3) provide a framework to develop and enhance their ability to interact with others with greater emotional intelligence (Boyatzis, 1999). The present research will attempt to provide some evidence for the effectiveness of an emotional intelligence training program; specifically, whether participants' scores on a measure of EI improve after exposure to a program designed to increase emotional intelligence at work.