Book description
A FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
What does it take to be a firefighter? Fighter pilot? Top of the heap
in the sales department? A brilliant customer service advisor?
Esteemed and respected corporate leader?
What does it take to get ahead? To separate yourself from the
competition" Lead a less stressful existence? To be fulfilled in
personal life and professional pursuits?
What is the most important dynamic of your makeup? Is it your A0
intelligence quotient? Or B0 emotional quotient?
If you picked "A", you are partly correct. Your
intelligence quotient can be a predictor of things such as academic
achievement. But it is fixed and unchangeable. The real key to
personal and professional growth, and happiness, is your emotional
quotient, which you can nurture and develop.
The EQ Edge, by Steven J. Stein and Howard E. Book, shows you
how the dynamic of emotional intelligence works. By understanding EQ,
you can build more meaningful relationships, boost your confidence and
optimism, and respond to challenges with enthusiasm--all of which are
essential ingredients of success.
The book features case studies and fascinating--and
surprising--insights into EQ and the workplace. As an HR or line
manager, this book will help you determine which personnel are the
right fit for job opportunities and who among your staff will be the
most promising leaders and drivers of your business. And because CEOs
to front-line workers also have other roles--parent, spouse, caregiver
to aging parents, neighbor, friend-The EQ Edge also describes
how everyone can be more successful in these relationships.
"Finally, a practical and useable guide to what emotional
intelligence is all about. This book peels the onions on what EQ
really is and teaches the reader to assess their own EQ and how to
increase it. This is the holy grail for career
success."
-Michael Feiner, Professor, Columbia Graduate
School of Business and author of The Feiner Points of
leadership
Steven J. Stein, Ph. D., is a clinical
psychologist and the founder and CEO of Multi-Health Systems Inc.
(MHS), s leading psychological-test publishing company and three-time
Profit 100 winner (awarded to the fastest-growing Canadian companies).
He was formerly the director of research of a large treatment center
for children and adolescents, and is Past-President of the Ontario
Psychological Association and Chair of The Psychology Foundation of
Canada.
Dr. Stein previously held the rank of Assistant Professor
in the Department of Psychiatry at the university of Toronto. He is a
leading expert on psychological assessment, and consults with the
Canadian Forces, the U. S. Air Force and special units of the
Pentagon, as well as numerous corporate clients and several
professional sports teams. He has appeared on many national TV and
radio programs in Canada and the United states and has EQ-tested U. S.
Navy fighter pilots, members of the Young Presidents' Organization,
CFOs of Fortune 500 companies, homeless people, successful and
no-so-successful politicians, television talk-show hosts, newspaper
and magazine reporters and professional hockey players. Dr. Stein,
along with Dr. Reuven BarOn and members of the MHS staff, have tested
the EQ of more people in the world than any other
practitioner.
He is a much sought-after speaker on the topic of
emotional intelligence, and addresses groups and organizations all
over North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and South Africa. He is
married to his business partner, Rodeen, and they have two daughters,
Alana and Lauren.
An organizational consultant and psychiatrist, Howard E. Book, M.
D., D. Psych., F. R.C. P.C., is a founding member of Associates
in Workplace Consultation; a former board member of the International
Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations; and a member of
the Family firm Institute. For more than a decade he has coached CEOs
and senior managers on increasing their emotional intelligence so they
can improve morale, teamwork, staff retention and productivity within
their organizations.
Dr. Book is a leading trainer of
professionals worldwide in the administration and interpretation of
the EQ-i. He has lectured on emotional intelligence to organizations
throughout the United States and Canada, and is an occasional
contributor to the Report on Business section of The Globe and
Mail. He is an Associate Professor in the Departments of
Psychiatry and Health Administration at the University of Toronto. He
is married to Linda, an art consultant, and they have two sons, Josh
and Adam.
