Working with Presence: A Leading with Emotional Intelligence Conversation with Peter Senge

by Daniel Goleman, Peter M. Senge

The ideas expressed in Emotional Intelligence ten years ago have taken on a life of their own. They spurred a movement, with enthusiastic adherents in the business world, in medicine and healthcare, at home, in the field of education and the world at large. Several million people, including business managers, human resource departments, healthcare workers, teachers, parents and students, have applied the ideas and principles expressed in Emotional Intelligence to their fields with tangible and quantifiable results. Leading with Emotional Intelligence Conversations is an ongoing dialogue series that begins with luminaries in the field of business. In the world of business we have only scratched the surface of how principles of emotional intelligence can increase profitability and efficiency in the workplace.

Peter Senge, is the founder of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management, as well as the author of The Fifth Discipline--a pioneering work that presents Senge's idea of the "learning organization"--management principals based on systems thinking. In the fourth installment of this powerful audiobook series, Peter Senge and Daniel Goleman discuss how emotional intelligence is an integral part of the "learning organization," and what organizations need to do to continue to grow, learn and succeed.

Genres: Leadership, Psychology, Nonfiction, Audiobook

Audio CD

First published December 26, 2006

About the author

Author of Emotional Intelligence and psychologist Daniel Goleman has transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, and conducts business. The Wall Street Journal ranked him one of the 10 most influential business thinkers.

Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times best sellers list for a year-and-a-half. Named one of the 25 "Most Influential Business Management Books" by TIME, it has been translated into 40 languages. The Harvard Business Review called emotional intelligence (EI) “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea.”

Goleman’s new book, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, argues that attention — a fundamental mental ability for success — has come under siege. Leadership that gets results demands a triple focus: on our inner world so we can manage ourselves; on others, for our relationships; and on the outer forces that shape our organizations and society itself.

His more recent books include The Brain and Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence - Selected Writings.

Reviews

[Dunstan Ayodele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nancy Gibbs summarised this book well in her 1995 Time magazine article – Emotional Intelligence: The EQ Factor.

“Goleman is looking for antidotes to restore “civility to our streets and caring to our communal life.” He sees practical applications everywhere for how companies should decide whom to hire, how couples can increase the odds that their marriages will last, how parents should raise their children and how schools should teach them.”

[jahsara greenbriar · Rating 4 out of 5]

it hurt hearing them talk about possible progression in rectifying social inequities, environmental problems, and economic issues knowing that this was recorded in 2007.. and they were thinking about the possibility of things changing in five years.. and now we’re just moving backwards..

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read other works by Goleman and I believe in his views on the importance of Emotional Intelligence. I found this book short and sweet, applying his view on leadership.

[Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and succinct view on leadership with emotional intelligence. Handy reminder of what is important and what works.