To thrive in the modern healthcare setting, healthcare practitioners need strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills. In “The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Healthcare,” Joann Farrell Quinn and Sarah E. Hoffe teach talent development practitioners about the emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills that health practitioners need. This issue of TD at Work includes:

• tools to help healthcare practitioners build their emotional intelligence

• guidance on how healthcare practitioners can practice emotional intelligence to succeed at all levels

• the emotional intelligence framework

• exercises to use with healthcare practitioners.