| EQI.org Home | Emotional Intelligence How Rob Emmerling is Being Promoted, or Promoting Himself, on the Internet 2011 Note - This page was creaed in 2005. I updated it a bit in 2011. It seems Rob is still promoting himself in the same way he did back then. --- Here is something I found on the net
Then I did some searches to see what else was being said about Rob and I found quite a lot to read. But as I read through these little advertisements for Rob, I kept thinking that Rob probably wrote most of this stuff himself and then sent it to these websites when they asked him for some biographical information. This is what used to happen to me when I was going public speaking. Nearly always, someone would ask me to send them a description of myself. In other words, I suspect Rob is promoting himself as "a leading expert..." and that it is Rob who says he is the webmaster of "the world's most visited website related to emotional intelligence". Well, as most of you know who use google, my site has been number one for most, if not all, of the past year. Before that it was often number two, second to one made at Cornell which has now seemed to have disappeared. Rob's site -- the EI Consortium. has almost never been ranked ahead of mine in google. So judge for yourselves when you read these promotional backgrounds of Rob. Steve Hein 2011 Note as of today, the EI consortium site is ranked number 10 in google for searches on emotional intelligence as compared to wikipedia, number 1 and eqi.org number 2. -- April 19, 2005 Update. As I suspected, Rob is writing his own advertisements. I wrote to some of the websites where Rob is being called a "leading expert" and I asked who wrote the promotional descriptions of Emmerling. So far I have already received one reply saying that Rob wrote his own description. I will later provide you with the name of the person who wrote me with that person's permission if I can get it. But if you doubt me, write to Rob and ask him directly who is saying that he is a "leading expert in the assessment and development of emotional intelligence in the workplace" and who is saying that he has "spent his career as a consultant, researcher and lecturer specializing in this area." Oh, and ask him just how long his "career" has been as a consultant. And how much actual work experience he has outside of academia and the EI Consortium job. -- Example 1 of how Rob is being promoted |
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Example 1 of how Rob is being promoted
2011 Update - The links to the examples I gave in 2005 are not working now. So you can do your own google search of these words
"leading expert in the assessment and development of emotional intelligence"
Here is a link to that exact Google search to save you time.
Here are the original examples.
His promotional description from a NEXUS conference -- 2011 update The link has been taken down but it was http://www.nexuseq.com/speakers/emmerling.html
| Robert Emmerling, PsyD. Dr. Robert Emmerling is a leading expert in the assessment and development of emotional intelligence in the workplace, and has spent his career as a consultant, researcher and lecturer specializing in this area. Through his work as a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, a group founded by Dr. Daniel Goleman, he has been involved in some of the most influential work in the field of emotional intelligence, including the development of best practice guidelines for training and developing emotional intelligence (Cherniss, Goleman, Emmerling, Cowan, & Adler, 1998), and the identification and evaluation of model programs that significantly enhance social and emotional competencies in the workplace. Robert has also served as faculty and co-designer of the Certificate Program in Leadership Studies at Rutgers University and holds a Doctorate in Applied Organizational Psychology from Rutgers University. |
Example 2 of how Rob is being promoted
This is from the cgrowth.com site -- 2011 update The link has been taken down but it was http://www.cgrowth.com/eqs.html
| Dr. Robert Emmerling is a leading expert in the assessment and development of emotional intelligence in the workplace, and has spent his career as a consultant, researcher and lecturer specializing in this area.Since 1997 he has been working on the cutting-edge of EI-based assessment and training with premier thought leaders in the field, such as Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss. |
More on how Rob is being promoted on cgrowth.com (as of April 18, 2005)
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Through his work as a member of the Consortium for
Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, a
group founded by Dr. Daniel Goleman, he has been involved
in some of the most influential work in the field of
emotional intelligence, including the development of best
practice guidelines for training and developing emotional
intelligence (Cherniss, Goleman, Emmerling, Cowan, &
Adler, 1998), and the identification and evaluation of
model programs that significantly enhance social and
emotional competencies in the workplace. In addition to emotional intelligence, he also specializes in the area of leadership assessment and development, executive coaching, 360-degree feedback, career change, organizational development, program evaluation, and instructional design. He has provided consultation on these issues to Fortune 500 companies including the Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, McNeil Consumer and Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Schering - Plough, Berlex Laboratories, Novartis, the Hyacinth Foundation, and CRM Learning. Robert currently serves on the editorial board of the EI Consortium's journal Issues in Emotional Intelligence along with his co-editors, Richard Boyatzis, Cary Cherniss, Daniel Goleman, and Kathy Kram, and is co-editor of the upcoming book Emotional Intelligence: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives to be published in 2005. He has also served as faculty and co-designer of the Certificate Program in Leadership Studies at Rutgers University and is the designer and webmaster of the world's most visited website related to emotional intelligence (www.eiconsortium.org) which has received over 1.7 million visitors since being launched in 1998. Robert holds a Doctorate in Applied Organizational Psychology from Rutgers University. Recent Articles Recent Presentations This was from http://www.cgrowth.com/eqs.htm -- link not working in 2011 |
Read more promotional claims about others - Here are more claims about people who are called "experts" and "pioneers" in the field of emotional intelligence from the cgrowth.com site.
From thecall.biz website (as of April 18, 2005)
From this page on the site
| 01.29.2005 Another Powerful
Presenter for the CALL retreat! This news is hot
off the (retreat design) press! We are VERY excited to announce a truly powerful presenter for the CALL retreat - Dr. Robert Emmerling, a leading expert in the assessment and development of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace. Dr. Emmerling will be presenting "Emotional Intelligence and Resonant Leadership: Best Practices for Developing Emotional Intelligence." He's spent his career as a consultant, researcher and international lecturer specializing in this area. We are thrilled that he's joining us! First let's talk about his presentation. Here's a bit what you'll learn:
This is one presentation that you will not want to miss! The early bird pricing of $750 is available only until January 31. Here's some more information about Dr. Emmerling: Since 1997, he has been a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, a group founded by Dr. Daniel Goleman in 1996. He's been involved in the field of emotional intelligence, including the development of best practice guidelines for training and developing emotional intelligence and the identification and evaluation of model programs that enhance social and emotional competencies in the workplace. In addition to emotional
intelligence, he also specializes in the area of
leadership assessment and development, executive
coaching, 360-degree feedback, career change,
organizational development, program evaluation, and
instructional design. Please join us! Come play in the magical space of the CALL! The CALL retreat will take place April 24 (dinner) to April 29 (lunch) at Fallen Leaf Lake by Lake Tahoe. The setting is gorgeous, the food fantastic, and the retreat will be a powerful experience! Who's coming to the CALL retreat? The current list of retreat attendees has been posted on the CALL website and is updated several times a week. Currently, the tribe with the largest number of attendees is the Shawls tribe with 5 folks, followed by the Whirlwinds with 4 folks. Contact your tribe-mates today and have a tribe reunion at the retreat (or before, or after)! The agenda includes spaciousness to relax and reconnect with your tribe. Attached is the registration form that you can fax or mail in. Or, you can signup online with your credit card at http://www.thecall.biz/?id=199156. Remember that your registration must be postmarked (or processed online) by midnight PST January 31, 2005 to receive the early bird pricing of $750. Starting February 1, the price will be $900. |
From the EI Consortium site - As of April 19, 2005
| Robert is an independent
consultant and researcher specializing in the application
of emotional intelligence concepts in the workplace. He
applies cutting-edge research in emotional intelligence
to the areas of leadership assessment and development,
e-learning, 360-degree feedback, career change,
organizational development, and instructional design. He
has provided consultation on these issues to several
Fortune 500 companies, including the Johnson &
Johnson Consumer Companies, McNeil Consumer and Specialty
Pharmaceuticals, Schering - Plough, and Novartis. In
addition to consulting, he has also served as faculty and
co-designer of the Certificate Program in Leadership
Studies at Rutgers University. Robert began his affiliation with the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations in 1997 as a research associate. Since then he has contributed to several research projects sponsored by the Consortium, including the Consortium's Technical Report on training and development of emotional intelligence in the workplace, the Guidelines for Best Practice, as well as research to identify, evaluate, and document model programs that significantly impact social and emotional competencies as documented in the book Promoting Emotional Intelligence in Organizations published by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Robert has a Doctorate in Applied Organizational Psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University and is a member of the American Psychological Association. Articles Emmerling, R. J. & Goleman, D. (2003). Emotional Intelligence: Issues and Common Misunderstandings. Issues in Emotional Intelligence, [ On-line serial ], 1(1). Available: eiconsortium.org Emmerling, R. J. & Cherniss, C. (2003). Emotional Intelligence and the Career Choice Process. Journal of Career Assessment, 11(2), 153-167. Cherniss, C., Goleman, D., Emmerling, R. J., Cowan, K. & Adler, M. (1998). Bringing Emotional Intelligence to the Workplace: A Technical Report Issued by the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. Available:eiconsortium.org |