A really insightful book about how to behave in both personal and professional life. I liked a lot of what was mentioned in how to motivate yourself and the people on your team. Although it can seem a little dry, its worth the little bits of knowledge you pick up.

A lot of points in the book looked familiar and I've come to realize I've taken for granted the fact that EI is considered important and is cultivated in modern age tech companies (even if not labeled as EI specifically). Some things were new for me: importance of emotions projected by leaders, sources of motivation as predictor of leadership potential, Ego-defense vs self-awareness balance and importance of resilience. Some pieces were rather funny though and sounded outdated though, likeHe mad...

Picked this up in the airport, thought I'd update the latest on EI. Has applications to "group" emotional intelligence ie teams, developing team chemistry. A Richard Feynmann example of "bricoleur" on page 116-117 in "How Resilience Works."

This compact volume contains 10 articles on EI intended as a primer for those new to the subject matter -- published in 2013, it includes some items that were actually quite old at the time (published in 1996, for example)1. What Makes a Leader? by Daniel Goleman (1996)2. Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee (2001) In the first article, Goleman resents the theme of the book: emotional intelligence is the most important ski...

Has some good ideas in it but way to focused on corporate business, especially in the USA. I found lots of the articles to be way too geared towards changing your behavior so you can climb the ladder faster vs. changing yourself to just be a better, emotionally aware individual who will also benefit from corporate success.

It was ok. Nothing I didnt already know. Each chapter is a new article ( that likely appeared in the Harvard Review itself at one point). Within each chapter/ article is a one page synopsis of the key points. I could have been satisfied with just those pages. The full articles seemed to be too dry and while only 10 pages long, felt like an agonizing eternity. I hope the "Managing Yourself" book is better as i just got that at the airport on a recent business trip. Fingees crossed!

This was a very exciting literature review for me as I began it right when I was promoted into a new position and ended it right when I a trying to find means to request feedback from the new management structure in front of me. The articles focus on maintaining dignity within the workplace through 360 feedback, developing emotional capacity + interpersonal goals as part of an employees abilities.

Will try to apply main ideas into my life and professional career. And even more - will share with my colleagues and company top managers. Going through personal to business, from a human to the group and team… ideally - to unite everyone in a company with the same ideas and knowledge. Highly recommended to those who reached high knowledge and experience level but is still struggling with going beyond

I found this an enlightening and important read, and hope to review my notes often.

I purchased this book for the wrong reason and didn't find it as compelling or insightful as I thought I would. I wanted to learn more about accurately identifying/labeling emotions as well as emotional regulation. I should have expected this, but HBR focuses more on the leadership and management skills needed to run a business successfully. This book contains 10 essays about different topics related to emotional intelligence, and I found myself skipping around looking for the highlights or indi...

This book contains multiple essays on emotional intelligence in leadership and business. And let me tell you, it's absolutely invaluable. This is the book you should be reading on how to lead with your mind, soul, heart, and feelings. I really love this book.The only reason I'm taking one star off (really it's a 4.5/5 rounded down) is because due to the essay-collection nature of the book, there did seem to be some repetition between some of the content between different essays. Just how it goes...

Great book! Concise, straight to the point, and filled with insights. I took one star off because a few articles weren't as engaging and seemed incomplete in their execution practices, but the vast majority were interesting and helpful. What's also nice is that it covered multiple angles of leadership, whereas most books plow to the end with one thesis. Highly recommend!

It was a fascinating read. It is never enough for a manager to master people's skills. Also, people do sense when they are managed emotionally vs. understood with emotional intelligence. I found it a powerful read overall.

TL;DR: Don’t be a dick.

An entirely different perspective on the not-so-popular topic of Emotional Intelligence. Fun and Thughtlful Read.

There is no doubt now that having a well-honed emotional intelligence will make it easy for an individual to succeed, especially during this time when every opportunity to connect is available. This maybe one of the reasons why organizations such as Harvard Business Review continuously devote time, effort and financial resources to help our leaders all around the globe regardless of industry or occupation develop these sets of competencies.In this book, HBR compiles the best collections of its m...

The first article is the best. Excellent overall.

The essential collection of articles on the subject of emotional intelligence. Read this if you want to understand the components of emotional intelligence and most importantly, how to practice growing in it! Emotional intelligence for the last 20+ years has had huge explanatory power in identifying and building great leaders of organizations and businesses.

The first business book I’ve read that couldn’t be reduced down to a notecard. This is definitely a four-notecard book.

Excellent and very powerful tool for a leader.