Meet DQ. The new kid in the Q.
You know IQ – Intelligence Quotient. I know IQ, but have little first-hand experience!
EQ is the topic of much recent study – Emotional Quotient. You know this.
DQ is a new term that I came across in a recent Harvard Business Review post.
Decency Quotient. Plenty useful in the workplace.
It goes a step further than EQ, implying that a person not only has empathy for employees and colleagues but also the genuine desire to care for them.
“DQ means wanting something positive for everyone in the workplace and ensuring everyone feels respected and valued. DQ is evident in daily interactions with others. DQ implies a focus on doing right by others.”
DQ is perhaps the most needed of the three today – agree?
[…] but can surely be trained. But it would be disastrous to take someone who does not have EQ or DQ (remember?), because this mostly cannot be taught, and not at this age […]