By Ronda Muir on Posted in Emotional IntelligenceMuir spoke to a packed crowd of members of the Columbia SC Inns of Court–litigators, judges and law students–on Tuesday, February 19th in Columbia, South Carolina on Emotional Intelligence and the Law. Topics touched on were lawyers’ attitudes and scores regarding emotions–with a short quiz for the audience, the impact that emotions have on our… Continue Reading
By Ronda Muir on Posted in Communication,Emotional Intelligence,InnovationResearch long ago revealed that the portion of the brain that lights up when politics are being discussed is the emotional area–the limbic/amygdala area of the brain–not the rational prefrontal cortex. In short, politics is not a topic about which we are rational–a conclusion that these days may be particularly apparent. Gauging emotional reactions–how people feel–is… Continue Reading
By Ronda Muir on Posted in Emotional Intelligence,Recruitment,Retention,Risk Management,UncategorizedA recent study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology confirmed that emotional intelligence can be a highly effective gauge for measuring an employee’s suitability. To meet that need, the researchers at the Universities of Geneva and Berne, Switzerland, developed assessments for employers to use during the hiring process to determine a candidate’s levels of sensitivity to and recognition of… Continue Reading
By Ronda Muir on Posted in Announcements,Books,Emotional IntelligenceEveryone at Law People Management wish you and yours the happiest of holidays! May you travel safe, enjoy the company of family and friends, and experience the profit of a successful career and the peace of a life well-lived. For a more emotionally intelligent 2019, the ABA is offering a 20% discount off the applicable member… Continue Reading
By Ronda Muir on Posted in Culture,Diversity,Emotional Intelligence,Innovation,Law Departments,Recruitment,UncategorizedAs AI is becoming more adept at emotional recognition and interaction–the holy grail for Google and other companies, your own emotional intelligence skills become more important for the sheer benefit of interacting with that software, as mentioned in the last post. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal adds additional gloss to the growing importance of emotional… Continue Reading
By Ronda Muir on Posted in Books,Client Service,Decision-Making,Emotional Intelligence,Professional Development,Risk Management,UncategorizedIn an interesting recent study entitled “Crowdsourcing Accurately and Robustly Predicts Supreme Court Decisions,” the conclusion is, as advertised, that “crowdsourcing outperforms both the commonly accepted ‘always guess reverse’ model and the best-studied algorithmic models.” Using a dataset and analysis that represents one of the largest explorations of recurring human prediction to date, the accuracy of prediction… Continue Reading
By Ronda Muir on Posted in Books,Culture,Decision-Making,Emotional Intelligence,Productivity,UncategorizedAs discussed in Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence, Facebook has figured in a number of projects touching on emotional intelligence. First, since Mark Zuckerberg evidently believes that, “What [members] really want is the ability to express empathy,” Facebook introduced a “dislike” button for users to show their empathy by responding to sad news. Facebook has also used access… Continue Reading
