Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Author: Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis (2002)

Desciption:
Goeleman teams with renowned EI researchers Richard Boyatisz and Annie McKeen to explore the role of emotional intellegence in leadership. Unveiling neuroscintific links between organisational success or failure and "primal leadership". Drawing from decades of research within world-class organizations, the authors show that great leaders - whether CEOs or managers, coaches or politicians - excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using Emotional Intelligence competencies like empathy and self-awareness.

The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace

Author: Daniel Goleman, Cary Cherniss (2001)

Desciption:
How to Select For, Measure, and Improve Emotional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations.
The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace first examines emotional intelligence as a concept, exploring issues of its definition and measurement. It then explores human resource applications in more depth, revealing how organizations can increase emotional intelligence through use of standard human resource functions, such as hiring and performance management systems. Finally, the authors offer specific training and development interventions based on emotional intelligence theories, showing how to improve the individual competencies that are crucial to organizational success.

Resonant Leadership

Author: Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee (2005)

Desciption:
Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion.
The authors provide an indispensable guide to overcoming the vicious cycle of stress, sacrifice, and dissonance that afflicts many leaders. Drawing from extensive multidisciplinary research and real-life stories, this book offers a field-tested framework for creating the resonance that fuels great leadership. Rather than constantly sacrificing themselves to workplace demands, leaders can manage the cycle using specific techniques to combat stress, avoid burnout, and renew themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Emotional Intelligence: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives

Author: Robert J. Emmerling (Author, Editor), Vinod K. Shanwal (Editor), (2008) Manas K. Mandal (Author, Editor), Urs Bernhard (Author), Gurpreet Kaur (Author), Gilles E. Gignac (Author), Laura Guillen (Author), David R. Caruso (Author), Gopa Bhardwaj (Author), Richard E. Boyatzis Marc A. Brackett (Author), Anita Howard (Author), Mugdha Gangopadhyay (Author), Joan Manuel Batista-Foquet (Author), Gina Ekermans (Author),

Desciption:
Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives.The authors present a collection of scientific and statistical analyses on the discipline of emotional intelligence. Contributors from around the world offer various perspectives based on both theoretical and cultural observations, and cover such topics as the ability model of emotional intelligence, group emotional competence and whether emotional intelligence is universal or dependent upon culture. Assessments of emotional intelligence in a global context are also explored.

Development and validation of a customized competency-based questionnaire: Linking social, emotional, and cognitive competencies to business unit profitability

Author: Geoff Ryan, Lyle M. Spencer, Urs Bernhard (2012)

Desciption:
The purpose of this study is to report data empirically linking competencies of individual leaders to business profitability and demonstrate that competencies are cross-culturally valid. The analysis showed that an increased business unit profitability could be accounted for by four competencies, specifically team leadership, developing others, achievement orientation, and impact and influence. Cross-cultural validity was demonstrated to the degree that similar competencies predicted performance in both North America and in two European countries.