EQ is the relatively new science of Emotional Intelligence. Researchers are finding that emotional intelligence, our individual capacity to be aware of, control, and express emotions effectively, is important in enabling us to navigate our interpersonal relationships with empathy and, well . . . intelligence. Evidence continues to accumulate linking emotional intelligence to success in many important areas of our lives, among them personal and work relationships.

Dr. Sam Alibrando is a clinical psychologist, organizational consultant, speaker, and author of Follow the Yellow Brick Road: How to Change for the Better When Life Gives You Its Worst. His original model, the Interpersonal Triad, uses the beloved story of Dorothy and her journey through the Land of Oz to illustrate life-changing psychological principles founded on the science of emotional intelligence.