Blue Ocean Strategy - One Minute Summaries: 1995 – Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

Blue Ocean Strategy - One Minute Summaries: 1995 – Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

Blue Ocean Strategy builds on and fuses together the collective wisdom of some of the greatest ideas, concepts and frameworks throughout history on the topic of business strategy, human motivation, and leadership. Every few days, we present to you a One Minute Summary of a single influential work in chronological order. After a work is featured, it will be posted to the 'One Minute Summaries' section, where you can reference the whole collection of concepts leading up to the present. And now we present our next installment in the OMS series:

One Minute Summaries: 1995 – Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

Effective leaders are alike in one crucial way: they all have a high degree of emotional intelligence. IQ and technical skills are the entry-level requirements for executive positions, however, it is emotional intelligence that makes the great leader.

The five components of emotional intelligence:

• Self-awareness – ability to recognize your emotions
• Self-regulation – ability to control impulses
• Motivation – passion to work beyond money or status
• Empathy – the ability to understand other’s emotions
• Social skill – proficiency in managing relationships

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