Social/Emotional Skills Matter to CEOs, Soccer Players - and Kids

Successful CEO tells New York Times why

Feb 01, 2010
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Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus had some interesting things to say to The New York Times about why instead of a soccer franchise or a successful business full of “stars,” he’d rather stock the team with people who possess high emotional intelligence. And he says he did not learn that in Harvard Business School!

Related topics: What is emotional intelligence, teaching social skills to children

High EQ matters

On February 2nd, 2010 Bridget Laird says:
One of the great ancillary benefits of WINGS is that our WINGSLeaders develop an extremly high EQ while working for us. We end up having an awesome team working at each of our schools. Then after graduation, they head out in the world and end up in a variety of career paths. Go WINGS!