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Be Self-Aware; Practice Empathy; And Focus! – Here are My Takeaways from Focus by Daniel Goleman

First Friday Book Synopsis

Daniel Goleman, Focus ——————– I presented my synopsis of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman last Friday at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. Daniel Goleman, known for his […]. Randy''s blog entries' What a wonderful, “focusing,” book.

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Thinking about Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, and Empathy (or Lack Thereof) — (insight from Daniel Goleman)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Daniel Goleman, from his interview on the Diane Rehm Show ——————– A few days ago, Diane Rehm interviewed Daniel Goleman, prompted by the release of his new book, Focus: The Hidden Driver Of Excellence. Randy''s blog entries' Listen, and read the […].

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Avoid Diversions and Distractions & Stay Focused – a Challenge from Daniel Goleman

First Friday Book Synopsis

“Avoiding diversion and staying focused” “we lose focus (our mind wanders off) 50% of the time” …we are “disengaged from paying attention” – excepts from a Humankind program focusing on Daniel Goleman, and his new book Focus: Maintaining Focus with Daniel Goleman. Randy''s blog entries'

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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2024

Leading Blog

Optimal : How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day by Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss There are moments when we achieve peak performance: An athlete plays a perfect game; a business has a quarter with once-in-a-lifetime profits. So how do we sustain performance, while avoiding burnout and maintaining balance?

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Leadership: A Master Class with Daniel Goleman

First Friday Book Synopsis

Leadership: A Master Class Daniel Goleman, Host More Than Sound A “must have” wealth of resources Years ago, I began to recommend books that I thought should be added to what is, in effect, an in-house business library that almost any organization should have, whatever its size and nature would be. In recent years, with [.].

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Daniel Goleman on “How to Find Your Flow”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Daniel Goleman and featured by LinkedIn. * * * Where we want to be on the Yerkes-Dodson arc is the zone of optimal performance, known as “flow” in the research of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [pronounced cheek-sent-me-high] at the University of Chicago. Flow represents a peak of [.].

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5 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Workshops Fail

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues In the 1990’s, Daniel Goleman and other authors introduced and popularized the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Goleman, in particular, suggested that EI includes self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002).