The Executive Intelligence Group is a leading global provider of executive assessment. Our strength—and our uniqueness—comes from our understanding of the science of assessment. No one can come close to matching our standards of accuracy in executive evaluation.
"Executive Intelligence, What All Great Leaders Have"
This Wall Street Journal Best Seller is transforming how businesses evaluate and manage leadership talent.
It's all very well to be kind, compassionate, and charismatic. But the most crucial predictor of executive success has nothing to do with personality or style. It's brainpower. "Hiring for Smarts" November, 2006
The Bottom Line: A stimulating treatment of an important topic. "How to Pick a Business Brain" February, 2006
Menkes, cofounder of the Executive Intelligence Group, says personality and style are only tangentially related to an executive's performance...supported by eight years of research and interviews with leaders like Jack Welch and Avon's Andrea Jung. "Forget Emotional Intelligence" November, 2005
Personality and style are only tangentially related to how well executives actually do their job. Review, December, 2005
I would recommend it to students of management and will. Review, November, 2005
Availability bias. Menkes calls this "the brain's equivalent of an optical illusion." We tend to give undue weight to either the most readily available data or information, or the most recent thing we've heard. This is the "last person to get the boss' ear" phenomenon. "Critical Thinking Skills Can Prove Vital" December, 2005
Bill Gates isn't Mr. Personality, so how has he been so successful? "From Bumbling Bosses to Stupid Students" February, 2006
Executive Intelligence is a helpful guide to deciphering the qualities needed to lead in the executive world. It gives insight into how to develop those qualities that you lack and acquire those that you do not currently have. Review, December, 2005
Some businesspeople lead and manage so effortlessly and effectively that it seems like magic...What distinguishes them is a remarkable facility for the critical thinking skills necessary for managerial work, what we call Executive Intelligence. "IQ Test at Heart of Discrimination Suit" November, 2006
Traditional IQ tests fell out of favor when charges of bias...made them less attractive for determining selection and promotion decisions. Corporations should rethink the issue, however, as business success requires that equally sharp individuals are brought together to push each other to new heights. "Rethinking Intelligence" June, 2006
