ETHICAL INTELLIGENCE

Five Principles for Making the Right Decisions Every Time

Featuring: Bruce Weinstein

Duration: 0:59

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • DISCOVER YOUR ETHICS IQ AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
  • LEARN THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL INTELLIGENCE
  • GIVE AND RECEIVE CRITICISM EFFECTIVELY
  • EXPLORE THE POWER OF APOLOGIES DONE RIGHT
  • APPLY ETHICAL INTELLIGENCE TO EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE

ABOUT THE SEMINAR

In this lively, fun and practical seminar, Dr. Bruce Weinstein shows you how to increase your ethics IQ in every area of your life. Over the years, scandals have challenged the public's perception of business, so now more than ever, it's important that we act with honor and integrity. With that in mind, this seminar will cover five simple principles that will strengthen your relationships, promote positive word-of-mouth, and help you make the right decisions every time, everywhere. Through numerous real-life examples, Dr. Weinstein applies the five principles of ethical intelligence to some of the toughest problems you face with colleagues, clients and other valued people in your life.

 

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Speaker: But there's a difference between emotional intelligence and ethical intelligence. Suppose that you and I know each other fairly well, but we haven't seen each other for a while. We meet at the mall one day and you say, "Hey Bruce, how are you doing?" And I say, "I'm fine." I say I'm fine, but you can tell I'm anything buy fine. What signs would give you the impression that I'm doing anything but well? Audience: The tone of your voice. Speaker: The tone of my voice, maybe how I'm holding my body. Yes. Audience: Your posture. Speaker: My posture. Perhaps I'm speaker in a softer tone than I normally do; I'm not smiling. Yes, sir. Audience: Lack of eye contact. Speaker: Lack of eye contact. It is your emotional intelligence that allows you to come to that conclusion, that you're not taking this at face value. What you see is not what you get. What you see if the opposite of what you get. But then the question becomes, what should you do. Should you say something to me at that time, "Hey Bruce are you okay?" Should you follow up with an e-mail or a phone call or say, Bruce is a big boy, he can solve the problem on his own. Emotional intelligence cannot answer the question what should you do, because emotional intelligence is a psychological concept and what should you do is an ethical question. So you can't answer an ethical question with a psychological concept. What we need to turn to are the principles of ethics or ethical intelligence, so I'm here to present these five principles to you. The good news is you know them already so consider this portion a refresher course. What we'll do is we'll look at the principles and then take a look at the quiz again to see if the principles can point us in the right direction. We'll then look at several issues that present challenges to us in everyday life; talking politics at work, giving and receiving apologies, and giving and receiving criticism. And we will end by looking at some frequently asked questions about ethics and ethical intelligence. So the first and most fundamental principle of all is… And finally, this is your colleague Kristen, and Kristen is driving you to lunch one afternoon. At the stop light, she whips out her Blackberry and starts texting, checking her e-mail. The light turns and she continues texting. Raise your hand if you would say to Kristen, "Please put that device away. Please put that device away." Yes m'am, why would you do that? Audience: Because it's involving my life. Speaker: Because it involves your life. Who would not say anything to Kristen about what she's done? Who would not say anything? Okay, a couple of people in the back. Who would say to Kristen, "Please pull over and let me out now?" You would do that. Jerry would do that in the front, all right.