People Skills for a Virtual World Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Book description

How to be human at work.

HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master and demonstrate in a virtual or hybrid workplace. This specially priced, six-volume set includes the EI series books:

  • Virtual EI
  • Leadership Presence
  • Mindful Listening
  • Focus
  • Empathy
  • Dealing with Difficult People.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Virtual EI
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. 1. WFH Is Corroding Our Trust in Each Other
    6. 2. What Psychological Safety Looks Like in a Hybrid Workplace
    7. 3. Write Down Your Team’s Unwritten Rules
    8. 4. The Endless Digital Workday
    9. 5. Find Your Focus and Stop Zoning Out in Zoom Meetings
    10. 6. Elevate Your Presence in a Virtual Meeting
    11. 7. Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings
    12. 8. Yes, Virtual Presenting Is Weird
    13. 9. Five Ways to Reduce Rudeness in the Remote Workplace
    14. 10. Stay Mindful When You’re Working Remotely
    15. Index
  3. Dealing with Difficult People
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. 1. To Resolve a Conflict, First Decide: Is It Hot or Cold?
    6. 2. Taking the Stress Out of Stressful Conversations
    7. 3. The Secret to Dealing with Difficult People: It’s About You
    8. 4. How to Deal with a Mean Colleague
    9. 5. How to Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Colleague
    10. 6. How to Work with Someone Who’s Always Stressed Out
    11. 7. How to Manage Someone Who Thinks Everything Is Urgent
    12. 8. Do You Hate Your Boss?
    13. Index
  4. Empathy
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. 1. What Is Empathy?
    6. 2. Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic Than Toughness
    7. 3. What Great Listeners Actually Do
    8. 4. Empathy Is Key to a Great Meeting
    9. 5. It’s Harder to Empathize with People If You’ve Been in Their Shoes
    10. 6. Becoming Powerful Makes You Less Empathetic
    11. 7. A Process for Empathetic Product Design
    12. 8. How Facebook Uses Empathy to Keep User Data Safe
    13. 9. The Limits of Empathy
    14. 10. What the Dalai Lama Taught Daniel Goleman About Emotional Intelligence
    15. Index
  5. Mindful Listening
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. 1. What Great Listeners Actually Do
    6. 2. What Gets in the Way of Listening
    7. 3. Listening to People
    8. 4. Three Ways Leaders Can Listen with More Empathy
    9. 5. If You Aspire to Be a Great Leader, Be Present
    10. 6. Become a Better Listener
    11. 7. To Change Someone’s Mind, Stop Talking and Listen
    12. 8. Defusing an Emotionally Charged Conversation with a Colleague
    13. 9. The Power of Listening in Helping People Change
    14. 10. When You’re the Person Your Colleagues Always Vent To
    15. 11. Managing the Critical Voices Inside Your Head
    16. Index
  6. Focus
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. 1. The Focused Leader
    6. 2. Break the Cycle of Stress and Distraction by Using Your Emotional Intelligence
    7. 3. To Improve Your Focus, Notice How You Lose It
    8. 4. What to Do When You’re Feeling Distracted at Work
    9. 5. How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want To
    10. 6. Productivity Tips for People Who Hate Productivity Tips
    11. 7. 5 Ways to Focus Your Energy During a Work Crunch
    12. 8. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem
    13. 9. How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day
    14. 10. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus
    15. Index
  7. Leadership Presence
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. 1. Deconstructing Executive Presence
    6. 2. How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals
    7. 3. To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It
    8. 4. Connect, Then Lead
    9. 5. The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
    10. 6. Too Much Charisma Can Make Leaders Look Less Effective
    11. Index

Product information

  • Title: People Skills for a Virtual World Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
  • Author(s): Harvard Business Review
  • Release date: November 2022
  • Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
  • ISBN: 9781647824792