Marcia Hughes is president of Collaborative Growth® L.L.C., a firm specializing in emotional and social intelligence to support leadership and team development, through keynotes, training, executive coaching, and strategic design.

James Bradford Terrell is vice president of Collaborative Growth®. He coaches senior management teams confronting systemic change and executives and leaders who want to be more emotionally effective in both their professional and personal lives.

Hughes and Terrell are the coauthors of Emotional Intelligence in Action and A Coach's Guide to Emotional Intelligence from Pfeiffer and The Emotionally Intelligent Team from Jossey-Bass.