MASK The Magazine – August 2019

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V9 - FALL maskmatters.org 53
TWENTY

80
10 <
PERCENT
PERCENT
of our success accounts
from soft skills, emotional
intelligence and personal skills,
yet we only pay attention to
them 10 percent of the time

ninety

fifty-nine

PERCENT OF HIRING MANAGERS SAID

THEY WOULDN’T HIRE A CANDIDATE

WITH A HIGH IQ AND LOW EQ

PERCENT OF TOP JOB PERFORMERS

SCORED HIGH IN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

FIVE

core components to emotional intelligence are

self-awareness, self-regulation, internal motivation,

empathy, and social skills

ACCORDING TO EXPERTS IN

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, IQ

MAKES UP ONLY 20 PERCENT

OF THE FACTORS THAT

DETERMINE LIFE SUCCESS O

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Schools that offer social and

emotional learning have an 11

percent point gain in grades

over schools that don’t

(^11) +
(^3 4) O
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TEACHERS
BELIEVE
more social and emotional
learning will benefit students
in the areas of academic
success, school attendance,
graduation, and college
preparation