PAUL G. STOLTZ, PhD, is President of PEAK Learning Incorporated and holds a doctorate in organizational communication and development. His many corporate clients have included Deloitte & Touche LLP, Motorola, Abbott Labs, US West, etc. In great demand as a keynote speaker and consultant on such topics as leadership, performance, successful selling, and overcoming adversity, Dr. Stoltz also conducts AQ seminars and workshops for thousands of people each year.
Why do some people prevail where others despair? The difference lies in their a adversity quotients.a An adversity quotient is a measure of how well someone handles bad news, said Paul Stoltz, who coined the term. --Seattle Post--Intelligencer,August 21, 1998 Many (employers) in the work force are looking to the newly designated AQ, or adversity quotient...to get the results they want... --Washington Post No. 7 on the Denver Post Business List, September 27, 1998. Paul Stoltz has done something remarkable: He synthesizes some of the most important information on how we influence our future and then offers a profound set of observations which teach us how to thrive in a fast--changing world. --Joel Barker, President, Infinity, LTD, Author of Paradigm Shift