Working with Emotional Intelligence

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Summary: disappointed: neither logical nor practical
Review: The title of this book is definately misleading, there is no practical advice on "How " to work with emotional intelligence besides endless anecdotes and examples.

Even with this entire book of loosely collected anecdotes, the auther still failed to convince me that his conclusion is based on serious, scientic research with logical analysis.

I think the auther is very biased on EQ vs IQ, the importance of EQ is overly stated. We all know IQ provides a basic framework/blueprint of a person, while EQ can really make a person excel compared with other people in similar IQ level. It should also put these two concepts in context, how important EQ/IQ in a person's success is really a variable, depending on what field, what job and what role a person is playing. In high-tech field, for example, for a technical position, I would rather hire a person with extraordinary IQ with average EQ, cause I know s/he could possibly perform as efficient as a group of 5 to10 people with average IQ. But for a tech manager position, a person with high EQ, reasonable IQ and profound knowledge in respective field would be a good fit. The way the author presents EQ is very simplistic and misleading!

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Summary: Very instructive book
Review: I learned a lot of differents things on people's character traits, people surrounding me and especially myself and why I failed in communicating with others. As a lot of books on subjects like that, there is not a lot of but some repeating and at times it is a bit arduous when it explains the physiological functioning. Excellent book.

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Summary: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Review: WORKING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE by Daniel Goleman

I read Emotional Intelligence by the same author and thought it was great. I learned a great deal from the first book so I got the second book, Working with Emotional Intelligence. I haven't worked for anyone, or any company for a long time so it was not really a book for me. It's a book about just what the title says. For me, reading it was like a rehash of the first book. If you have a position with other people believe what the author says and 'say go for it'.

It will be worth your time and effort to read this book, try, and put emotional intelligence into every decision where influence is an important function. If you are lecturing at meeting or working where emotional intelligence is import and, that's about any job. Then buy a copy of Goleman book, Working with Emotional Intelligence. You will find its money well spent. If you don't have the first book buy it too.

I wish Dr. Goleman have spent a little more time on ethics. I can see where this is a dangerous thing to teach to some people.
Roger L Lee

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Summary: Steps to enhance success Emotionally!
Review: How we need to over ride our emotions sometimes! Daniel Goleman's book is indeed an insight to cultivate one's mind emotionally. Understanding and raising emotional intelligence is essential to your success and leadership potentials. Daniel selects examples and anecdotes from the Fortune 500 companies which shows the competency to deal with various factors at workplace. The training tools, conflict management, building bonds and motivation, encouragement and inspirations are really necessary not with the IQs only but with the 'Emotional Intelligence skills' which enhance leadership to excel. The author shows the way how to manage feelings, interact, communicate and tackle with the issues in organization. Initiative, self control, optimism are some key factors of personal competency which make the emotional control board of the mind geared up to treat right, care and understand. A must read for every business. Its never an arrogance, ego or pride but be in tune with 'Emotional Intelligence'- Thats the trick of the trades for every savvy Leader.

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Summary: A Limited Concept Book
Review: Emotional Intelligence is a limited concept book. It proposes that workplace success comes from a good and kind character, not from any actual technical, high IQ knowledge. Although, to a limited extent it is true -- I would rather work with a kind, unselfish, honest colleague and manager than a clever, mean human being -- at the same time it indirectly knocks down all the educational institutions and insults intelligent, knowledgeable people. If "emotional intelligence" is all we need to succeed at work, then we might as well employ airheads with saintly characters! But, we all know that in reality caring, understanding people rarely make it to a successful position. History has taught us that or we would not have experience-based sayings like "scum rises to the top"! If the concepts in this book were true, then we would not have ENRON to deal with and successful managers/executives everywhere would hand over their exorbitant compensation packages and divide their bonuses, demanding that they are so "emotionally intelligent" they cannot bring themselves to be selfish and pilfer company profits in this way. We would also not have such realistic books, like the superbly funny satire, "Management By Vice" by the knowledgeable author C.B.Don, where the realistic character traits of what are viewed as "successful managers" are portrayed. "Emotional Intelligence" is sure to have an instant appeal to those, who would rather use what comes naturally to every sly "animal"...their basic "emotional" instincts...rather than apply their IQ's to studying hard. What truly counts for progess and long-term company success is hiring high IQ, morally sound inventors and managers with profound knowledge in their respective fields. The concept of "emotional intelligence" is just unrealistic, too limited and only leads to more workplace "emotional" nitwits in postions of authority, who bungle profitable projects, while professing their "love" for all employees!

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Summary: More of "why" and not "how".
Review: I agree with Daniel in most of what he said, however the title is a bit misleading. The word "Working" seems to be the operative, but I didn't see many examples of "how" to work, but "why" it is important to have emotional intelligence.

If you are looking for answers on how to modify your behavior to enhance your relationships, or working better with people, then you might have to look elsewhere.

In reading the book I felt like Mr. Goleman was trying to fill the pages rather than give concise content. This book would have been better at 1/4 the size.

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Summary: Unfortunately not useful
Review: We all know E-IQ is important and do NOT need a book of endless examples to illustrate this. I was looking for practical advice.

And the title is clearly misleading. How do you work with E-IQ? This is not mentioned.

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Summary: All anecdotes, very little advice
Review: Like many reviewers before me, I bought this book thinking that it will suggest ways one can go about improving one's emotional intelligence. However, what I ended up getting is endless anecdotes.

Goleman spends the entire book, listing anecdotes after anecdotes, explaining "why" emotional intelligence is important, but not "how" to become more emotionally intelligent.

I do not need to know "why" EI is important; I bought the book, I know it is important.

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Summary: Long on Anecdotes--But Short on Advice
Review: I began this book with great interest. With his excellent anecdotes, I quickly became fully convinced of the value of working with emotional intelligence. But instead of going on to make suggestions as to how a person could improve their own emotional inteligence, or how to help employees/managers in this area, he continued on and on with more anecdotes, clear until the end of the book. I didn't need any more convincing--I was already convinced by the first third of his book--I wanted him to give some advice about implementation, which he didn't give.

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Summary: working effectively with co-workers
Review: a followup to emotional intelligence a good foundation book to understanding the compleities involved with the office place. during the course of reading the book, i would often think 'oh yeah!! thats how i feel! or 'I wonder if I'm looked at that way?