Professor of leadership at the University of Johannesburg and leadership consultant in many sectors including mining and education(South Africa). Speaker Web Site D.P.J. (Dawie) Smith, D.Ed. Dawie Smith is Full Professor of Personal, Interpersonal and Professional Leadership (PiPL). He is Programme Leader of sought-after postgraduate leadership degrees at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Dawie's fields of specialisation are Personal Leadership, (Spiritual, Physical, Emotional and Mental); Interpersonal Leadership and Professional Leadership from a PiPL perspective. Dawie is a widely-recognised facilitator of numerous PiPL short courses, which are endorsed by a number of established South African organisations within a diverse range of business activity from the mining industry to the field of education. Session Information: Misconceptions about EQ: Deploying EQ in one's life dimensions. Key Concepts: EQ's reliance on spiritual wellness. Two conceptions of EQ exist. The first defines EQ in a narrower sense (e.g. Salovey, Mayer). The other takes a more comprehensive view of EQ (e.g. Goleman, Cooper and Sawaf, Sterrett). Although some EQ specialists actually define EQ in a narrower sense, in their application of the concept, they use it in a more inclusive comprehensive manner. The impression is given that EQ constitutes one's essence and that it encompasses other life dimensions such as the spiritual, physical, mental and social. Another misconception is the tendency of some authors to confuse the emotional domain with the spiritual life dimension. In this session the EQ domain misconception will be addressed by o defining the main life dimensions o indicating where and how EQ fits in one's life dimensions The claims made by many EQ publications about the domain of EQ are being challenged. In this presentation the emotional dimension is deployed in accord with the life dimensions with special reference to one's spiritual dimension.