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Joshua Freedman
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Joshua Freedman is a specialist on emotional intelligence, an author, and the Chief Executive Officer of Six Seconds,[1] a non-profit dedicated to emotional intelligence (EQ). He has helped co-develop EQ assessments and published a number of books and articles on the topic, creating an international network of consultants and coaches.[2]
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Early life, education
Joshua Freedman was born in Berkeley, California in 1967, and attended the Head-Royce School in Oakland. After a stint at the University of Toronto he graduated from the World Arts and Culture program at UCLA,[3] and went on to work at the Nueva Learning Center in California in the early 1990s.[4][5] While there he worked with the emotional intelligence-focused "Self-Science" curriculum developed at the school. The curriculum was featured in Daniel Goleman's 1995 book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ,[2][6] which helped bring EQ into the mainstream.[7]
In 1997, Nueva School administrators and teachers Anabel Jensen, Karen McCown, Joshua Freedman and Marsha Rideout left the school to found the Six Seconds EQ Network, a non-profit focused on teaching people to practice emotional intelligence (EQ).[7]
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In 2000, Freedman chaired the first international conference on the implementation of emotional intelligence in San Francisco, called NexusEQ.[3] He has continued to chair the International NexusEQ Conferences, and the 7th conference is at Harvard University in June 2013.[8]
In 2004, Freedman was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2013.[1] He's since managed the development of an international network with offices and representative in 25 countries and certified practitioners in over 75.[2] He has trained individuals or teams on EQ and business organization from FedEx, Lockheed Martin, Etihad Airways, the World Bank Group, American Express, Morgan Stanley, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Microsoft, all branches of the US armed services, the UN, and others.[1]
Publications, research
Freedman's applied research focuses on "organizational climate and the factors that enhance individual and team performance."[8] He has completed several studies on how emotional intelligence effects the performance and well-being of social groups, and has focused on retired players from the US National Football League, business leaders in the Middle East, and businesses at all steps of the ladder.[9] Much of his work focuses on the obstacles and drivers of organizational change,[10] and he and Todd Everett are authors of the whitepaper “The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence,” which reports on findings from their EQ research.[11]
Freedman is the author of several psychometric assessments.[9] He co-authored the Organizational Vital Signs (OVS) assessment for measuring "organizational climate," or workplace environment.[3][12] The Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment, or SEI™, is a validated assessment used in business and education in ten languages.[13]
He has published six books, starting with his co-authoring of Self-Science in 1998 and The Handle With Care EQ Activity Book in 1999. In 2007 his book At the Heart of Leadership: How to Get Results with Emotional Intelligence was first published, with a third edition published in 2012, the book has over 50,000 copies sold.[3][14] In 2010 Inside Change: Transforming Your Organization with Emotional Intelligence (co-authored with Massimiliano Ghini) was released.[15] The Vital Organization: How to create a high-performing workplace (2014) was also co-authored with Massimiliano Ghini[16] and in 2015, Freedman published Whole-Hearted Parenting: How to use emotional intelligence to create more peace, connection, and joy.[17] He is also the lead editor of the management curriculum, Developing Human Performance.[13]
Freedman's work has been featured in both scholarly press, including a piece of the development of emotional intelligence for executive performance in the Journal of Leadership Studies in 2007.[9][18] He is mentioned in the books EQ from the Inside Out and Educating People to Be Emotionally Intelligent, as well was criticisms of his work in books such as Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.
In popular media, Freedman has been quoted extensively in publications such as Redbook,[19] O Magazine,[20] and the Today Show.[21] In 2014 he was quoted in Climate One's article 'Ecological Intelligence'[22] and Medical Daily.[23] He has contributed to articles for Christian Science Monitor (2015),[24] Forbes (2013)[25] and In June 2013, Brazil’s top business paper Época Negócios published an in-depth interview with Freedman titled How is your emotional intelligence doing?[26] He has been a guest on several radio shows, including a segment on Charles Wolfe's show The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel and Control How You Feel (2013),[27] Bob Gourley's Issues Today (2015)[28] and The Jordan Rich Show (2015).[29]
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Personal life
Freedman lives on the Central Coast in California with his wife and two children.[3] He has served on the Board of Directors of several schools and organizations, including Synapse School. He is an environmentalist.[30]
Publishing History
Books
- 1998: Self-Science: The Emotional Intelligence Curriculum (ISBN 978-0962912344, Six Seconds, English and Italian) - co-author[7]
- 2007: At the Heart of Leadership (ISBN 978-0971677272, Six Seconds, English, Chinese, and Italian)[1]
- 2010: Inside Change: Transforming Your Organization with Emotional Intelligence
- 2012: At the Heart of Leadership (3rd Edition, Six Seconds)
- 2014: The Vital Organization: How to create a high-performing workplace (Field Guide) - co-author
- 2015: Whole-Hearted Parenting: How to use emotional intelligence to create more peace, connection, and joy
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