Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations
Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D., and Ayman Sawaf

The idea of Emotional Intelligence is sweeping the world. Science is proving that it is the Emotional Quotient, EQ, more than IQ or raw brainpower alone, that underpins many of the best decisions, the most dynamic businesses, and the most satisfying and successful lives.

Robert Cooper, executive consultant and independent scholar, has written this important book that leads the way in developing and applying the value and profitability of Emotional Intelligence in leadership and organizations.

Drawing on brain and behavioral research, and using examples from his years of consulting and leadership development with a number of top organizations in the United States and Canada, Cooper lays down the four cornerstones of emotional intelligence - a working model he developed in association with Ayman Sawaf, executive and chairman of the Foundation for Education in Emotional Literacy.

The EQ Map

Included in this book is the EQ Map, the first extensively researched, nationally norm-tested, statistically reliable measure of Emotional Intelligence.

Cooper's argument is based on a synthesis of current research and the experience of leaders worldwide.

At its essence, Emotional Intelligence is the primary source of human energy, authenticity, aspiration, and drive, activating our innermost values and purpose in life, and transforming them from things we think about to what we live.

It is through developing EQ that we learn to readily acknowledge and value core feelings - in ourselves and others - and appropriately respond to them, recognizing that emotions provide vital and potentially profitable information every minute of the day.

It is this feedback - from the heart, not the head - that ignites creative genius and intuition, keeps us honest with ourselves, shapes trusting relationships, clarifies important decisions, provides an inner compass for life and career, and guides us to unexpected possibilities and breakthrough solutions.

Executive EQ is an important groundbreaking book. Robert K. Cooper's earlier book The Performance Edge influenced much of my work for my own book The Mental Edge.

Executive EQ will become the bible in this area.

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