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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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New Year’s Leadership Development Goals 2017 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

For many leaders, it’s a time to reflect on accomplishments for the past year and establish goals for the upcoming New Year. It’s also a good time to set leadership development goals, either as part of a formal development planning process, or just because it’s a proven way to continuously improve as a leader. Delegate more.

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Why Teams Often Don’t Work and How to Build Them

The Practical Leader

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, reports, “a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European executives whose careers derailed, the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.” You are not using all your strength,” the scout replied.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

5 Reasons You Should NOT Set Goals by @JesseLynStoner. The Difference Between Mission Vision Purpose Strategy and Goals by @JesseLynStoner. Leadership Development: It Isn't All About You via @Korn_Ferry by Daniel Goleman. Asking the Right Question by @BobQuinnUofM. 7 Traits of an Insecure Leader by @RonEdmondson.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on… Strong Leaders Boosting Positive Emotions

The Practical Leader

Leadership is almost all emotional intelligence, especially in distinguishing between what managers do and what leaders do… – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence. – Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence.

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Emotional Intelligence and A Call-Up to the Big Leagues

General Leadership

A lofty goal? Curator Posts attitude coach emotional intelligence eq Goleman positive change relationships self awareness' It had been a week or so since the interview. As an aspiring journeyman, I was anxiously awaiting my first official opportunity to move into the ranks of supervisor. Unrealistic expectations? Naive on my part?

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Emotions at Work: How Soft Skills Produce Hard Results

The Practical Leader

In their seminal book, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee explain the book title by pointing to emotional impact as being at the very core of leadership. Emotions are the heart of life and leadership. Creating vision and direction. Communicating powerfully.

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