How Stress Works Stress is an unwanted response that is felt when our mind cannot deal with a challenge. But, where do these unwanted psychological (mind) and physical (body) reactions come from? Over the centuries, our “fight versus flight” reactions developed to help us deal with life. When faced [...]
What is Commitment Ethic? Have you ever heard the phrase, “Whatever it takes” (usually in reference to accomplishing a task or achieving a goal)? That phrase is at the very heart of commitment. The drive to obtain a specific goal by pursuing it until it is achieved is what [...]
Defining Sales Orientation and Leadership For many years, we at The Conover Company have grouped sales orientation with leadership. The two are fundamentally the same. Consider the following definitions: Leadership is the ability to clearly express to others your vision or ideas about how to do something, get them [...]
Why is Time Management a Big Deal? Simply defined, time management is making sure that your actions help you to finish things you have to do. Improving productivity has become a big priority in today's world. This is true for today’s students, as well as educators and those in [...]
What is Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)? Social and Emotional Learning is also referred to as Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Emotional intelligence is the term used worldwide when referring to social and emotional learning and development. Emotional intelligence is a learned ability to identify, experience, understand, and express human emotions in [...]
The Importance of Decision Making The sixth step in our Success Profiler social/emotional pyramid is Decision Making. Decision making is using problem solving skills to discover a course of action that will most likely achieve the results you want. It is important to note the difference between decision making [...]
Ever heard of “Drive Strength”? Drive strength, another term for motivation, is the skill of learning, understanding, and using your desire to reach school, work, and personal goals. Motivation is the reason and the drive that makes someone do something. Motivation is the fifth key social/emotional skill in our [...]
For over forty years, the Conover Social Emotional Learning (SEL) standards have been researched and developed. With over nine million administrations, we can now confidently say these standards have been accepted by practitioners around the world. SEL standards are driven by purpose, not grade level It is our belief [...]
Empathy: The Cornerstone of Emotional Intelligence Empathy is the fourth building block of our social/emotional pyramid that is measured by the Success Profiler’s Personal Skills Map. Empathy is one of the most critical characteristics of social and emotional learning (SEL). Without empathy, emotional intelligence is simply not possible. Empathy [...]
Assessing Social/Emotional Learning In our blog on Self-Esteem and PBIS, we focused on the building blocks of social/emotional learning. For over 35 years, we at The Conover Company have been publishing evidenced-based assessments and skill-intervention systems for social/emotional learning. One of the most valid assessments for social/emotional learning is [...]