Hugh Curley

During the early stages of the industrial revolution, workers felt that their working conditions were unsatisfactory and their wages should be higher. They organized collective bargaining unions and got improved working conditions and higher wages. The companies were not too concerned because they could use new management theories and more automation to increase productivity, and [...]

By hcurley I have gone through the normal stages of life: being a child, being a parent and developing my career. Now, at 65 years old, I started slowing down for old age. But about two months ago, I had an epiphany! I am not ready for old age; this is the first year of [...]

Emotional Intelligence: EI vs. EQ vs. IQ In the early 1900s people searching for a predictor of success settled on Intelligence Quotient or IQ. It seemed reasonable that more intelligence would: 1) open doors such as advanced education required for certain high prestige careers and 2) provide a means to figure out the secrets of [...]

What is Emotional Intelligence? Several different definitions have been suggested for emotional intelligence, and a few authors have suggested different names, stating that the name “Emotional Intelligence” is not what we really mean. The definition I use is, “Our ability to recognize, feel, control and use our emotions, and to recognize and respond to others’ [...]

Every time we take a commercial flight, it seems the airlines have added additional fees for services they used to provide for free. The way the airlines present the additional fees and the news articles about how much the airlines make on each fee causes our first reaction to be that they are a rip [...]