Many people focus on the importance of cognitive intelligence in predicting academic and professional success. But empirical evidence suggests that other traits - including emotional intelligence (EQ) and a growth mindset – play a fundamental role in helping people achieve the best outcomes in their personal and professional lives. This talk examines the distinct components of EQ, how having a growth mindset helps you be a better colleague and leader, and how creating psychological safety - in which team members are able to speak up without fear of negative repercussions - improves team performance. Perhaps most importantly, this talk provides practical strategies for increasing your own EQ and cultivating a growth mindset, no matter your natural inclination.
The Science of Success:
The Power of Emotional Intelligence, Growth Mindset, and Psychological Safety
Catherine Sanderson
Who is Catherine Sanderson?
Catherine Sanderson is the POLER Family Professor of Psychology at Amherst College.
She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University. Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, middle school and high school health textbooks, as well as the Introduction to Psychology course for The Great Courses. In 2012, she was named one of the country's top 300 professors by the Princeton Review.
Professor Sanderson has written trade books on parenting as well as how mindset influences happiness, health, and even how long we live (The Positive Shift). Her latest trade book, published in North America as Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels (Harvard University Press) and internationally as The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and Inaction (HarperCollins), examines why good people so often stay silent or do nothing in the face of wrongdoing.