March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
21h 1m
English
Annie McKee and Frances Johnstonb
Emotional intelligence differentiates good leaders from the average, and the average from the demagogues who claim our attention far too often at work (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002, 2013; McKee, Boyatzis, & Johnston, 2008). In the workplace, emotions—and emotional intelligence—are often dismissed as “soft” and unnecessary. What a naïve outlook! We feel before we think, so it’s impossible to pull cognition—or good decision making—away from feelings. Our feelings impact our capacity to take in new information, process data, adapt, learn, create, and grow (Boyatzis, 2006). Similarly, thinking creatively is inextricably ...
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