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The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
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The Emotionally Intelligent Leader

by Daniel Goleman
July 2019
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
128 pages
1h 53m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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What Makes a Leader?

Every businessperson knows a story about a highly intelligent, highly skilled executive who was promoted into a leadership position only to fail at the job. And they also know a story about someone with solid—but not extraordinary—intellectual abilities and technical skills who was promoted into a similar position and then soared.

Such anecdotes support the widespread belief that identifying individuals with the “right stuff” to be leaders is more art than science. After all, the personal styles of superb leaders vary: Some leaders are subdued and analytical; others shout their manifestos from the mountaintops. And just as important, different situations call for different types of leadership. Most mergers need a sensitive ...

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ISBN: 9781633697348