Emotional Intelligence
Achieving Excellence in Human Potential

May 2006

 
 
In This Issue

- 2007 Institute for
  Emotional Intelligence

- Announcing 2007 Keynote
  Speaker Margo Murray of
  MMHA The Managers'
  Mentors, Inc.

- 2006 Institute Highlights

- 2007 Institute Call for  
  Papers

 

 

 

 

 

Margo Murray, MBA, CPT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Rumaldo Juarez, President of Texas A&M University-Kingsville
and
 Dr. Elva LeBlanc, President of Galveston College, Galveston, TX
February 10, 2006

 

Dr. Gary R. Low
2006 Institute for Emotional Intelligence

 

 

The 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence

Texas A&M University-Kingsville announces the fourth annual meeting of the Institute for Emotional Intelligence.  Pencil in your calendar for February 22-23, 2007 and plan to visit the beautiful campus of Texas A&M University-Kingsville for this important conference. The 2007 institute theme, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership: A Vision of Excellence, has been selected for this year's event. The leadership theme highlights the emphasis that more leaders within classrooms, boardrooms, and worldrooms are placing on emotional intelligence for excellence.  The two-day institute will be preceded by a one-day certification seminar for anyone interested in becoming certified to work with Emotional Learning Systems© materials.  There is a section dedicated to the 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence available on TAMUK's EI web site.  Please visit  often as updates are routinely posted!

Kindly make note of the URL for our new web site:
http://www.tamuk.edu/edu/kwei000

 

Best Selling Author Margo Murray
to Provide Keynote in 2007

The 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence proudly announces keynote speaker
Margo Murray, President & Chief Operating Officer of MMHA The Managers’ Mentors, Inc
., an international consulting firm, founded in 1974. 

Margo has a unique combination of experience in line and staff management, academic work in business and behavioral sciences, and experience in structuring and managing human performance systems.  She originated the concept of facilitated mentoring, and the second edition of her best seller book,
Beyond the Myths and Magic of Mentoring: How to Facilitate an Effective Mentoring Process (Jossey•Bass/Wiley, 2001),  includes thirty-plus years of research and client experiences.  The MMHA Facilitated Mentoring Model and Processes© , has been implemented in more than 100 organizations in 25+ countries.

Her custom designed programs and published articles have won professional awards and White House Recognition for Excellence, and are translated into Swedish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, and Arabic. Margo earned a B.S. degree, With Honors, at Sacramento State College, an MBA at John F. Kennedy University and was elected to membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, National Honor Society in Business. Highlights of Margo's extraordinary career so far include:

●  California State University, Sacramento Alumni Association, Distinguished Service Award
    1988,  
and
Alum of the Year, 1998

●  Founding Member of the McLaren College of Business Advisory Council,
    University of San Francisco

●  Regent, John F. Kennedy University Board of Regents

●  Past President, International Society for Performance Improvement; Outstanding
     International Member; Member for Life

●  Past Chair, Executive Board, International Federation of Training and Development
    Organizations, Honorary Member, 1998

 

2006 Institute Highlights

Thanks to the marvelous efforts of Dr. Deeanna Antosh and the supporting staff and faculty of Galveston College, the 2006 Institute for Emotional Intelligence was a wonderful success. For the first time,  this year's normal two-day conference was preceded by a one day certification workshop in which nineteen participants were certified by Drs. Low and Nelson to use and administer the Emotional Skills Assessment Process© and the Emotional Learning System©  created by the authors.   Conference presentation files are being made available as they are forwarded for posting on TAMUK's EI Web Site under the 2006 Program button. These files, together with the program and abstracts serve as a historical record for the conference and provide a convenient record of audit for CEU participants.

One of the many highlights from the 2006 Institute for Emotional Intelligence was the panel presentation provided by the presidents of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Galveston College.  The following excerpt appeared in a recent news release about the presidents' address.

Both Drs. Juarez and LeBlanc began with personal testaments pertaining to the importance of emotional intelligence in dealing with the many daily challenges of their roles as college and university presidents.  Statements endorsing the importance of EI’s role in building effective leaders provided qualitative evidence for a growing body of quantitative data advocating emotional intelligence as a crucial factor in achieving personal and professional success, excellence, and happiness.  During the session Dr. LeBlanc said, “The realities of our job both demand effectiveness and make effectiveness exceedingly difficult to achieve. Clearly emotional intelligence and the ability to utilize constructive thinking are critical for effectiveness as college president.”  Dr. Juarez shared similar sentiments by indicating that many specific EI skills were needed for managing a wide range of emotions/challenges he addresses daily.  Through the use of a simile, Dr. Juarez likened the role of college president to the role of a symphony conductor.  Rather than musical notes, however, a senior executive officer orchestrates individual skills of assertion, aggression, empathy, decision making, leadership, time, and stress--both in him or herself, as well as in others.

 

Call For Papers

Early submission of program proposals for the 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence is encouraged.  Persons or teams interested in presenting at the 2007 conference should submit draft proposals to Gary Low.  Please include a title, brief abstract, and brief description for the program. Dr. Low may be reached by phone at (361) 593-2901 or email at gary.low@tamuk.edu. The deadline for program submission is September 1, 2006.