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Ask More Powerful Questions
What makes a powerful question? Teachers, coaches, parents who want to generate deeper thinking need to know these three levels – with video.
Read MoreApply Consequential Thinking
Apply Consequential Thinking is one of the core competencies in the Six Seconds Model of Emotional Intelligence. It’s defined as evaluating the costs and benefits of your choices. By pausing, evaluating and responding, rather than reacting on autopilot, we can make better decisions and live more meaningful lives.
Solving the Biggest Problems: Daniel Shapiro on Emotional Intelligence and Negotiation
How to effectively resolve conflict? “Emotional intelligence is essential,” says Daniel Shapiro, Harvard International Negotiation Program.
Read MoreFeel the Power: Flexing EQ
The use of power is central to our interactions as leaders, coaches, parents, and change agents. To be more effective, emotional intelligence will help us understand and tune up our own use of power and the ways people react to that. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of different forms of power. All of these “work” in some sense. If they generate certain desired there are “benefits.” At the same time, each produces unwanted side effects, called “costs.” What are some of the forms of power that you have, and that you exercise? What happens when you exercise these different forms of power? What price do you pay for each such use?
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence: A Key to Positive Change
In this speech, Six Seconds’ Chairman Karen McCown shares the definition, process, and purpose of teaching emotional intelligence. Karen founded the renown Nueva School in 1967 as a laboratory for integrating academic and emotional development for gifted children (it went on to win two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education).
Read MoreChanging from War to Peace (at home)
How do we change out of a destructive pattern? Emma (my daughter, now 9) frequently makes a big fuss when it’s time to do work that’s not appealing, especially “dumb writing homework” (despite usually liking writing and being an outstanding student). This has gone on for years, but a couple of weeks ago I noticed […]
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