{"id":9538,"date":"2026-09-23T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/?p=9538"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:27:40","slug":"boosting-eq-how-to-increase-emotional-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/2026\/09\/23\/boosting-eq-how-to-increase-emotional-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting EQ: How to Increase Emotional Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants to think of themselves as intelligent, in possession of a high IQ. But recent research in the field of organizational psychology suggests that emotional intelligence, or EQ, is an even more important attribute for success in both our personal and professional lives. In this training, we will explore what EQ is, why it matters and how you can boost your own EQ score to improve the outcomes of your interactions with others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facilitator:<\/strong> Curt Stedron, NCSL<br \/>\n<strong>Skill Set:<\/strong> Personal Development<br \/>\n<strong>Platform:<\/strong> Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Details:<\/strong> 10\/27\/2026 from 1:30 \u2013 2:30<br \/>\n<strong>Enroll:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hrconnect.cga.ct.gov\/html\/psmain.asp?COURSE_ID=008255&amp;SESSION=0001\">CLICK HERE<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:Molly.McAllister@cga.ct.gov\">Molly.McAllister@cga.ct.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Everyone wants to think of themselves as intelligent, in possession of a high IQ. But recent research in the field of organizational psychology suggests that emotional intelligence, or EQ, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9540,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538\/revisions\/9540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}