EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE WORKPLACE
A free introductory seminar by Dr Daniel
Farrelly, Dr Lynne Humphries and Mr Kevin Paton
(Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of
Sunderland)
6- 7.30 Tuesday 16th September Room 109, The
David Goldman Informatics Centre St Peter's
Campus Refreshments included from 5.30pm Level 2
Gallery Please contact Lynne Humphries
(lynne.humphries_at_sunderland.ac.uk) or ring 0191
5152725 to register for the event).
What is emotional intelligence (EI) and how
important is it in the workplace? EI is a
relatively new field in human behaviour and
personality research. Specifically EI is
involved in the capacity to perceive emotions,
assimilate emotion-related feelings, understand
the information of these emotions and manage
them (Mayer, Caruso Salovey, 1999). It may
influence our academic achievement, work
performance and our ability to communicate
effectively. Emotional intelligence can help
solve everyday problems, build and sustain
interpersonal relationships and possibly our
ability to make moral decisions. This
introductory seminar is aimed at people at all
levels in the workplace, but especially those
involved in Human Resources and recruitment. The
seminar will explain what EI is, why it is
important to individuals and organisations and
how awareness and management of emotions in the
workplace can be enhanced through training.

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE WORKPLACE

Daniel Farrelly is an evolutionary psychologist and lecturer in the Psychology Department in the Faculty of Applied Science at University of Sunderland. Daniel obtained a PhD in psychology from Newcastle University in 2005, looking at human social interactions. Following this he held a post-doctoral research position in the Department in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, working specifically on the nature of emotional intelligence. His main interests are the measurement and evolution of emotional intelligence, human cooperative behaviour, reasoning abilities and mating strategies, and has published his research in national and international peer-reviewed publications
Lynne Humphries is a Senior Lecturer in Computing
in the Faculty of Applied Sciences. After some
years of teaching for the Open University she
entered HE full-time researching and then
lecturing at the University of Sunderland. She is
currently Programme Leader for the innovative
part-time MSc in Professional IT Management, a
course that combines updating in technical
subjects alongside soft computing skills
including Emotional Intelligence (EI). She is
currently researching the precursors to Emotional
Intelligence in children and whether EI can be
taught. She has delivered a paper on teaching EI
in HE and ran a workshop on EI skills at an
international conference in 2007
Kevin Paton is an Occupational Psychologist and
Team Leader of the Psychology Department in the
Faculty of Applied Science at University of
Sunderland. Kevin was previously Team Leader of
the HRM team at Sunderland Business School and
has many years experience of consultancy
experience in management development,
organisation development and change management.
He has worked with many large organisations in
the UK and abroad including Nissan, the NHS, the
World Health Organisation and the Australian
Health Service. His main interests in the area of
Emotional Intelligence is application of EI to
management effectiveness especially in
organisation change situations.