Make Emotional Intelligence Great Again | Janice Gassam | TEDxHofstraUniversity

Janice Gassam, PhD Applied Organizational Psychology, Hofstra University 2017 This talk focuses on the importance of emotional intelligence, particularly in the workplace and how it will become a beneficial but rare commodity in the future. This talk also focuses on the benefits of and the dark side to technology/AI, how both are changing humanity, and how humans can "protect" themselves against the negative. Janice Gassam is currently a professor that teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Resource Management and Industrial Organizational Psychology. Some of the courses she has taught include: Research Methods, Diversity in the Workplace, Employee Motivation, Performance Management, Social Psychology, Gender Psychology, and African American Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in 2017 from Hofstra University in Applied Organizational Psychology. Her dissertation focuses on employee hiring and selection procedures and whether disclosure of aspects of a job applicant's background affects perceptions and employability of the job applicant. Her research areas of interest include motivation, diversity and inclusion, training and development and leadership. Janice also works as a consultant to develop and grow small businesses and she volunteers as a job coach for a non-profit organization in NYC. In her free time she enjoys getting lost in non-fiction books. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx