Coaching for Leaders

353: Enhance Your Self-Awareness, with Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman: Emotional Intelligence

In 1995, Daniel Goleman published the blockbuster bestselling book Emotional Intelligence*, a book that now has more than 5 million copies in print worldwide in 40 different languages. He’s the author of a new series of primers for the competencies of emotional and social intelligence, titled Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence* and he’s launching an emotional intelligence coaching certification.

Key Points
  • Emotional Intelligence has given us permission to talk about emotion in the workplace.
  • Emotional Intelligence is about how well you can manage yourself.
  • Self-awareness is fundamental.
  • If you have a sense of your true strengths and weaknesses, you can have self-confidence that is based on reality.
  • If you feel your emotions flaring up, pause and name what’s going on. That’ll allow the executive part of your brain to take back charge.
  • Notice what your triggers are and intentionally avoid them.
  • Self-awareness can give you insights into bad habits you might have as a leader.
    • Resources Mentioned
    • Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification
    • Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence Primers* by Daniel Goleman, et al.
    • What Makes a Leader: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters* by Daniel Goleman
    • Emotional and Social Competence Inventory
      • Book Notes

      Download my highlights from Emotional Self-Awareness in PDF format (free membership required).

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