I did not see the Time Magazine cover story, the EI self-quiz in USA Today , or the special segment on the Oprah Winfrey Show. In pursuing this goal, OPM has committed to collaborate and consult with several outside groups, among them the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. In my humble opinion, the consortium needs these agencies far more than they need the consortium.
Emotional intelligence is both a scholarly and a popular concept.
In 1990, serious researchers defined EI as the ability to monitor one s own and others feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide one s thinking and action. For eons, reflective people have tried to figure out how to manage emotions. As Aristotle said, Anyone can become angry. That is easy. Those who do are trying to figure out why some people are better at managing and using emotions than are others.