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HRANS/Nova Nexus EQ -- International Emotional Intelligence Conference: May 28-30, 2003

Featured Speakers

Martin Seligman, Ph.D.

Leader of the "Positive Psychology" movement, Marty is a driving force for changing the way we define and promote emotional health. Dr. Seligman is Kogod Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of numerous books on optimism; his latest title is Authentic Happiness. Seligman is also Past President of the American Psychological Association and an exceptional advocate for many of the skills that are part of EQ (read more).

Peter Salovey, Ph.D.

Peter's recent work on emotion has focused on the ways in which feelings facilitate adaptive cognitive and behavioral functioning; with Jack Mayer, he has developed a broad framework called "Emotional Intelligence" that organizes his work; their papers on the concept in the early 1990s helped launch the international scientific movement and remain the seminal works in the field. His course in Psychology and Law was the most popular course in Yale University history. In his leisure time, Professor Salovey plays bass with the Professors of Bluegrass.

Reuven Bar-On, Ph.D.

Reuven BarOn is an internationally acknowledged expert and pioneer in emotional intelligence and has been involved in defining, measuring and applying this construct since 1980. He coined the term EQ, published the first EI measure (the EQ-i), created the first EI-enhancing Internet-delivered training program together with Rich Handley, co-edited the Handbook of Emotional Intelligence with Jim Parker, and is currently involved in the first longitudinal study of emotional intelligence at Human Resources Development Canada.

John "Jack" Mayer, Ph.D.

Jack is one of the leading pioneers researching emotional intelligence. Coauthor of the seminal articles in the field and of the first ability-based measure (the MSCEIT), Mayer has been investigating the interaction of emotion and thought since the early 70s. In 1990, Dr. Mayer and his colleague, Dr. Peter Salovey of Yale University, published the first scientific article defining a new intelligence of emotions -- which led to a groundswell of research and popular press. Dr. Mayer is presently a Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire. He has served on the editorial boards of Psychological Bulletin and the Journal of Personality, and has been a National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University. Dr. Mayer's current work on emotional intelligence has been featured in TIME, McCalls, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times, and on many television and radio programs. He has spoken on the topic in academic, business, and government forums, both nationally and internationally.

Anabel Jensen, Ph.D.

With over 30 years of pioneering work in the field of emotional intelligence education, Anabel is an inspiring and caring speaker who helps people find the best in themselves and each other. Anabel says people pay attention to less than 30% of what you say, but 70% of what you do, so she models the lessons she teaches -- even her graduate psychology courses at Notre Dame de Namuer University are experiential, learned-centered, and emotionally engaging. Anabel was the principal of Nueva School when Daniel Goleman came and wrote about the model EQ program there; under her guidance the school also won two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education. As the Founding President of Six Seconds EQ Network, Dr. Jensen has co-authored three books on teaching EQ, written numerous articles, and trained educators and leaders around the globe.

Kate Cannon

Kate Cannon has been called the “pioneer” of emotional intelligence training by Daniel Goleman, author of two best sellers on the topic, Emotional Intelligence and Working With Emotional Intelligence. From 1991 until 1999 she developed and managed an award winning EQ training program at American Express Financial Advisors in Minneapolis, Minnesota. That program is described as a model program in Goleman’s most recent book and was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, ABC.com, and several business publications. Research she conducted at American Express demonstrated the positive effects of the training on performance and sales.

Esther Orioli, M.S.

Consultant, author, and founder of two successful international research and consulting firms, Esther is a recognized authority in leadership development, emotional intelligence, resiliency and stress. In 1983, Orioli founded Essi Systems Inc., specializing in transforming workplace stress into optimal performance. Orioli promoted the revolutionary idea of positive stress performance and developed the StressMap®, the stress assessment instrument honored with the National Health Information Award. The StressMap® has sold more than 400,000 copies. Her lastest company is Q-Metrics publisher of the EQ-Map, as featured in Executive EQ.

Joshua Freedman

As the Director of Programs for Six Seconds, Josh travels around the world collaborating with EQ experts and leaders sharing enthusiasm and vision to create positive and productive schools, organizations, and communities. Josh is also the Coordinator of the International NexusEQ Conference and Editor of EQ Today and 6seconds.org. Through Six Seconds and his own web development and marketing company, Inspire Design, Josh has worked with numerous businesses and schools as a consultant and ally to create sustainable high performance. A prolific writer and an accomplished speaker, Josh inspires heart and wisdom for audiences and clients on six continents.

Geetu Orme

Geetu Orme is Founder & Managing Director of Ei(UK) Limited, a centre for excellence in emotional intelligence. Geetu has built emotional intelligence interventions from the ground-up in both public and private sector organisations. She is Author of Emotionally Intelligent Living – a book she wrote to make the topic of emotional intelligence accessible to a wider audience and she writes regularly for 'Competency & Emotional Intelligence’ journal. She has worked with global companies to bring a focus on emotional intelligence. She has a keen interest in the role of emotional intelligence in the success of high potential executives.

Dr. Steven Stein

Dr. Stein is both a psychologist and the CEO of a successful company. As a psychologist, he is a leading expert on psychological assessment and has consulted to the US Air Force, the Canadian Forces, special units of the Pentagon, professional sports teams, and many corporations and non-profit organizations. He is co-author of the The EQ Edge written with Dr. Howard Book.

As a CEO, he co-founded, with his wife, Multi-Health Systems, a leading psychological test publishing company that employs more than 85 people. His company has been named three times to the Profit 100 list of fastest growing companies in Canada.

Chuck Wolfe

Chuck is a recognized expert in the emotional intelligence field. He and his work with clients are featured in the CRM Learning Video on Emotional Intelligence. Together with his colleague, David Caruso, he co-developed and teaches the certification program for the Mayer Salovey model of Emotional Intelligence and MSCEIT assessment tool. This year he has been a keynote speaker, consultant and/or trainer of EI with prestigious organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, MIT Sloan School, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Eli Lilly, New York Times, Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, International Society for Performance Improvement, Society for Human Resources and the MidAtlantic Employers Association. He has published several articles and been commissioned by the US Army to write a chapter on EI and Leadership with his colleague David Caruso for a new publication on leadership development due out in 2003. (Read more)

Rich Handley Ph.D.

Dr. Handley holds a doctorate in business administration, master of social work, master of education, and bachelor of science degree. Rich has over 20 years experience in behavioral health settings and as an organizational behavioural consultant. He is the co-author of the EQ-360, the EQ-interview, the Benchmark Organizational Emotional Intelligence, and the Behavioral Health Survey. He has also co-authored the book The Last Corporate Secret: Optimizing People.

Paul McGhee, Ph.D.

Paul is the president of The Laughter Remedy and a pioneer in humor research, especially the health benefits of humor. After receiving his Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1968, he spent 22 years conducting basic research on humor and laughter while teaching at the university level. He has published over 50 scientific articles and 11 books on humor including Health, Healing and the Amuse System: Humor as Survival Training. He now works full time as a professional speaker, showing organizations how to build emotional resilience and cope with change and stress using humor. He has provided programs on humor in 12 countries and has spoken to many Fortune 500 companies. Paul writes a quarterly article on humor in the workplace at his web site, www.LaughterRemedy.com.

Dr. J.P. Pawliw-Fry

J.P. is the President and co-founder of the Institute for Health & Human Potential. IHHP is a world leader in developing and delivering unique training programs in Emotional Intelligence to increase performance and leadership. Dr. Pawliw-Fry was one of the highest rated lecturers at the Kelloggs' Graduate School of Management Executive Education Program. He has received acclaim for his work in personal leadership with sales organizations, leadership retreats, and motivational seminars across the world - last year he reached audiences in such far reaching places as Greece, India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and London.

Brad McCrae

Brad has taught negotiation skills and strategies, which are based on emotional intelligence, across North America, and in Africa and Mexico. He is the author of four books: How to write a thesis and keep your sanity, Practical Time Management: How to get More Done in Less Time, Negotiating and Influencing Skills: The Art of Creating and Claiming Value, and The Seven Strategies of Master Negotiators. At Brad McRae's session you will learn, just like the Master Negotiators he studied, how to negotiate far more effectively by augmenting your negotiation skills and strategies with emotionally intelligent decision making.

Tom Terez

Tom Terez's keynotes, workshops, and training programs are all about increasing employee satisfaction, bringing out the best in people at work, and making the most of human capital.

Mike Ramsay

Michael is Principle of HR Impact, specializing in organization and management development. He is recognized for his expertise as a facilitator of executive teams and of problem solving processes.

Michael's recent achievements have included Management/ leadership assessments and person/position fit recommendations as part of reorganization. He has reorganized companies to better align organizational practices and organization design components with new strategic directions.

David Cory

David Cory is a performance improvement consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. where he works with corporate clients such as CN Rail, TELUS, and Rogers AT&T on the design, implementation and delivery of leadership development programs. David is certified by MHS Inc. to deliver the EQ-I Certification Course in western Canada and is also the current President of the Vancouver Chapter of the International Society of Performance Improvement. David has recorded an international award nominated album of original music and uses his guitar and vocal talents to the delight of audiences everywhere.

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is an international speaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia who offers new ways to flow with the rhythm of life and grow as nature intended using Innerwealth Technology, the science of inspired living. Peter promotes lasting change and future making that creates a simpler, more meaningful life motivated by high inspiration and clear purpose. As an author, he has applied emotional intelligence principles at the grassroots level with the critically acclaimed books Healthy Relationships Curriculum, a violence prevention program for teenagers, and Emotional Odyssey: Preventing Male Depression. He is excited by the new book, Inner Wealth: Awakening the Human Spirit in Business by the CEO of Innerwealth, Chris Walker. Peter thrives by offering dynamic, interactive programs and integrated coaching to help people love their life and work. He is honored to share on the topic of “Innerwealth and the Joy of Emotional Incompetence” at this conference with the inspired leaders who guide the growth process with people at all levels of ability and motive.

Susan Krals, Ed. D.

Susan Krals is the Director for Professional Development for the Killeen Independent School District. Susan will be joined by Ann Farris, Ph.D., the Deputy Superintendent of the Killeen Independent School District and Jackie Hoover, M.S. is the Coordinator for Professional Development. All three presenters served as part of the KISD EI script writing team, logistic planners, and trainer of trainers. Never before has there been a greater need for employees who can deal with challenge, changes, and crises. Explore a large school district’s three-year professional development initiative that has received high marks from all employee groups. Learn how businesses can use emerging emotional intelligence research, develop a culturally appropriate training script for all employees, and use follow-up to maximize training dollars. Examine the custom-made script and promotional and follow-up materials; experience activities; receive a bibliography.

David Rathbun

David Rathbun is Senior Vice President, Corporate, and Chief Human Resources Officer, Aliant. David is responsible for Aliant’s Human Resources, Communications and Public Affairs, and Corporate Development functions. Human Resources is responsible for the human resource strategy within Aliant, which includes organizational change and development, recruiting and retention, learning and knowledge management, compensation, employee support, and all other aspects of human resource management. David is a member of the Council of Human Resource Executives of the Conference Board of Canada, Chair of the Acadia School of Business Administration Advisory Board, Board member of AMI Offshore Inc., Board member of the Prior Learning Assessment Centre, a member of the Human Resources Association of Nova Scotia and has a Certified Human Resources Professional designation.

David Cory

Peter Davison

Susan Krals, Ed. D.

Susan David

Susan has a 14-year background in psychology, training, facilitation, and professional development. Her area of expertise is the application of emotional intelligence to coaching and performance effectiveness in organizational and clinical settings. Susan has worked internationally as a training facilitator, consultant, and presenter. She has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarships. She is completing her Ph.D. on emotional intelligence at the University of Melbourne, Australia.