EBC lecture to explore leadership and emotional intelligence

Dr. Daniel Gil?Adi, director of INTEGRA Consulting Team, LLC, will discuss emotional intelligence as it relates to management, specifically in team building, on Friday, April 19, 2013, from 1:00-2:15 pm in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.

The presentation titled ?Leadership and Emotional Intelligence? will introduce participants to the theoretical foundation and the relevance of emotional intelligence in their personal and professional life. The challenge of leadership and emotional intelligence is that committed and creative individuals are needed at all levels of our institutions?a group that can handle current turbulence and that has the tolerance and flexibility to manage what the future may offer. Participants will begin learning how to reflect and become conscious of the needed efforts to practice intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence.

The EBC Research Interest Group features Penn State Berks faculty and visiting experts who conduct research on a wide variety of topics. Topics are of broad and general interest and are accessible to the non-expert.

For more information, contact either of the co-chairs for the EBC Research Interest Group: Dr. Jui-Chi Huang, assistant professor of economics, at [email protected]; or Dr. Ada Leung, assistant professor of marketing, at [email protected].