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
- Contents
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Virtual EI
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. WFH Is Corroding Our Trust in Each Other
- 2. What Psychological Safety Looks Like in a Hybrid Workplace
- 3. Write Down Your Team’s Unwritten Rules
- 4. The Endless Digital Workday
- 5. Find Your Focus and Stop Zoning Out in Zoom Meetings
- 6. Elevate Your Presence in a Virtual Meeting
- 7. Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings
- 8. Yes, Virtual Presenting Is Weird
- 9. Five Ways to Reduce Rudeness in the Remote Workplace
- 10. Stay Mindful When You’re Working Remotely
- Index
-
Dealing with Difficult People
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. To Resolve a Conflict, First Decide: Is It Hot or Cold?
- 2. Taking the Stress Out of Stressful Conversations
- 3. The Secret to Dealing with Difficult People: It’s About You
- 4. How to Deal with a Mean Colleague
- 5. How to Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Colleague
- 6. How to Work with Someone Who’s Always Stressed Out
- 7. How to Manage Someone Who Thinks Everything Is Urgent
- 8. Do You Hate Your Boss?
- Index
-
Empathy
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. What Is Empathy?
- 2. Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic Than Toughness
- 3. What Great Listeners Actually Do
- 4. Empathy Is Key to a Great Meeting
- 5. It’s Harder to Empathize with People If You’ve Been in Their Shoes
- 6. Becoming Powerful Makes You Less Empathetic
- 7. A Process for Empathetic Product Design
- 8. How Facebook Uses Empathy to Keep User Data Safe
- 9. The Limits of Empathy
- 10. What the Dalai Lama Taught Daniel Goleman About Emotional Intelligence
- Index
-
Mindful Listening
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. What Great Listeners Actually Do
- 2. What Gets in the Way of Listening
- 3. Listening to People
- 4. Three Ways Leaders Can Listen with More Empathy
- 5. If You Aspire to Be a Great Leader, Be Present
- 6. Become a Better Listener
- 7. To Change Someone’s Mind, Stop Talking and Listen
- 8. Defusing an Emotionally Charged Conversation with a Colleague
- 9. The Power of Listening in Helping People Change
- 10. When You’re the Person Your Colleagues Always Vent To
- 11. Managing the Critical Voices Inside Your Head
- Index
-
Focus
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. The Focused Leader
- 2. Break the Cycle of Stress and Distraction by Using Your Emotional Intelligence
- 3. To Improve Your Focus, Notice How You Lose It
- 4. What to Do When You’re Feeling Distracted at Work
- 5. How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want To
- 6. Productivity Tips for People Who Hate Productivity Tips
- 7. 5 Ways to Focus Your Energy During a Work Crunch
- 8. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem
- 9. How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day
- 10. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus
- Index
-
Leadership Presence
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. Deconstructing Executive Presence
- 2. How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals
- 3. To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It
- 4. Connect, Then Lead
- 5. The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
- 6. Too Much Charisma Can Make Leaders Look Less Effective
- Index
Product information
- Title: People Skills for a Virtual World Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2022
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781647824792
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