On par with grades and experience, an increasing number of companies now use utilize Emotional Quotient (EQ) tests as part of the hiring process and mandate emotional intelligence training. While Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was long viewed as the primary determinant of success, recent developments reveal that standard measures of intelligence are too narrow and do not encompass the full range of human intelligence. EQ incorporates factors such as identifying and controlling emotions, evaluating how others feel, using emotions to facilitate social communication and relating to others. Hence the ability to understand and express emotions can play an equal, if not more, important role in navigating professional success.
 

This webinar addresses the importance of EQ in comparison to IQ to improve communication and workplace skills.
 

James Trevelyan 

Professor James Trevelyan is a Winthrop Professor in the Mechanical and Chemical Engineering School at The University of Western Australia, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and practices as a mechanical and mechatronics engineer developing new air conditioning technology. 
 

His main area of research is on engineering practice, and he teaches design, sustainability, engineering practice and project management.
 

He is well known internationally for pioneering research that resulted in sheep shearing robots (1975-1993).  He and his students produced the first industrial robot that could be remotely operated via the internet in 1994.  He was presented with the 1993 Engelberger Science and Technology Award in Tokyo in recognition of his work, and has twice been presented with the Japan Industrial Robot Association award for best papers at ISIR conferences.  These are the leading international awards for robotics research.  He has also received university, national and international awards for his teaching and papers on engineering education.