The No. 1 Skill Eric Adams Is Looking For (It’s Not on a Résumé)

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David R. Caruso, a psychologist who specializes in the study of emotional intelligence and has worked with Professors Mayer and Salovey, said it has gotten to the point where a person’s definition of emotional intelligence has become a Rorschach test.

“When you ask people, ‘What does that mean and how do you hire to that?’ that’s where folks slow down and either don’t answer or really indicate what they mean,” he said. “And even if they say ‘people skills,’ what is that? In our work, we’re pretty explicit.”