Segment 1 – Biography and Journey
On this edition of the Doug Noll Show, we have with us Donal O'reardon. Donal has worked in Europe and North America over the past two decades. He holds graduate degrees in philosophy and theology and has taught at every level from school through university in four countries, as well as having taught in the US prison system. Now based in Toronto, he runs O’Reardon Consulting, a conflict management and communication firm specializing in Emotional Intelligence.
Donal’s lifelong interest in religion and philosophy influences his approach to conflict resolution. One of his areas of focus is on the emotional and psychological investment people make in their patterns of behavior. His work uses Emotional Intelligence to explore how these patterns can be safely challenged, or consciously used, in the service of personal and professional development. An extension of this is what Donal calls Organizational Shadow, the aspects of an organization that it can’t admit to having but that get in the way of it functioning in a healthy way.
Segment 2- Links between Emotional Intelligence and Moral Philosophy
In this segment, Doug and Donal discuss the relationship between emotional intelligence or moral philosophy and religion or theology.
Segment 3- Emotional Intelligence
What is emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI) is a term created by two researchers – Peter Salavoy and John Mayer – and popularized by Dan Goleman in his 1996 book of the same name. We define EI as the ability to: Recognize, understand and manage our own emotions. Doug and Donal continue this intriguing interview by discussing emotional intelligence as it relates to conflict which is a topic that Donal studies and thinks about all of the time.
Segment 4- Prison Work
Donal, like Doug, offers mediation and peace tools to those in prison. In this segment, Donal share with the Doug and audience a story and an example of what happens in these types of mediation and counseling sessions and how prison sentences between the US and Europe differ.
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