Emotional Intelligence Is Key To Academic Success Originally appeared September 7th, 2002 as EQ Not IQ The Ticket To Academic Success. Being emotionally intelligent helps students get through first year university in a way good grades, a high IQ and SAT scores can't. What's Your EQ? Originally appeared June 8th, 2002 as Take Stock Of Emotional Quotient. Measuring EQ helps to make leaders more interpersonally effective and more prosperous. Emotional Intelligence Questions Answered Originally appeared October 6th, 2001 as Managing Emotions of Sept. 11 Won't Be Easy. We respond to readers questions ranging from how is emotional intelligence relevant since the tragic events of Sept 11th to how can emotional intelligence help people deal better with customers? Emotional Intelligence Increases the Bottom Line Originally appeared July 28th, 2001 as Get A Grip On Emotional Intelligence. Fostering emotional intelligence in the workplace may be the antidote to toxic interpersonal relations and declining company performance.