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Working With Emotional Intelligence: Summary and book reviews of Working With Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, plus links to an excerpt from Working With Emotional Intelligence and a biography of Daniel Goleman.

Working With Emotional Intelligence

Working With Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman
Hardcover: Nov 1998,
400 pages.
Paperback: Jan 2000,
383 pages.

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Daniel Goleman's bestselling Emotional Intelligence revolutionized the way we think about personal excellence. Now he brings his insight into the workplace, in a book sure to change the shape of business for decades to come.

In Working with Emotional Intelligence, Goleman reveals the skills that distinguish star performers in every field, from entry-level jobs to top executive positions. He shows that the single most important factor is not IQ, advanced degrees, or technical expertise, but the quality Goleman calls emotional intelligence. Self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-control; commitment and integrity; the ability to communicate and influence, to initiate and accept change--these competencies are at a premium in today's job market. The higher up the leadership ladder you go, the more vital these skills become, often influencing who is hired or fired, passed over or promoted. As Goleman shows, we all possess the potential to improve our emotional intelligence--at any stage in our career. He provides guidelines for cultivating these capabilities--and also explains why corporate training must change if it is to be effective.

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While the various qualities making up emotional intelligence occasionally tend to overlap and blur into each other, and the many case histories come to have a certain sameness, Goleman's essential message comes through loud and clear.

Author Blurb Warren Bemis, professor of business administration at the University of Southern California and co-author of Organizing Genius, in the New York Times Book Review
Anyone interested in leadership and the health of human institutions should get a copy of this book. In fact, I recommend it to all readers anywhere who want to see their organizations in the phone book in the year 2001.

Author Blurb Warren Bemis, professor of business administration at the University of Southern California and co-author of Organizing Genius, in the New York Times Book Review
Anyone interested in leadership and the health of human institutions should get a copy of this book. In fact, I recommend it to all readers anywhere who want to see their organizations in the phone book in the year 2001.

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Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by MB
This is an excellent book. Daniel Goleman has hit the nail on the head. Corporations everywhere should buy a copy of this book for their manangers. Being a 'star' in the workplace comes from within, not from the volume of work produced or the...   Read More

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