DB BedfordFounder/ CEO, Ei365 · Chief Civility Strategist| Founder of Civility Intelligence | Workplace Civility Expert| Civility Ambassador Academy

Why Did I Choose The Name Ei Code Of Conduct?

6 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker introduces the Emotional Intelligence (EI) Code of Conduct, a set of 11 self‑operating principles designed to guide behavior. Reflecting on a decade of teaching EI, he notes that people often describe their day as either "on" or "off" their best behavior, indicating whether they successfully applied emotional intelligence. This observation led him to adopt the term "Code of Conduct," emphasizing that adult conversations about behavior—especially as a measure of EI use—are surprisingly scarce. The excerpt underscores the importance of naming the framework to highlight behavior as a central, yet under‑discussed, component of emotional intelligence practice.

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So the Emotional Intelligence Code of Conduct, right, again, is 11 self-operating principles. We came up with the name Code of Conduct because, you know, in my journey over the last 10 years, sharing emotional intelligence, teaching others, having conversations about it, without a doubt, there comes a time where someone says to me, you know what? I didn't, I didn't, I didn't really use my EI today, right? Like, you know, I let it get the best of me. I let, you know, I let my emotions get the best of me. And then conversely, there's times where people say, you'd be proud of me today, I had to use my EI. And what I started to realize, what people were really saying, today I was on my best behavior. Uh huh. Or this day I wasn't on my best behavior. And so I realized that behavior is a very important thing that as adults we don't talk about enough.