Emotional Intelligence
Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
by Antonio Damasio
Damasio challenges traditional ideas about emotions and rationality through various case studies, illustrating that emotions are essential to normal social behavior.
by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Ricard Lannon
This novel focuses on the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being. It demonstrates that our nervous systems are not self-contained and that our brains link with those closest to us; this is intended to change our views on human intimacy.
Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
by Paul Ekman
Psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotions and how we provide clear signals on our faces concerning how we feel. This is a guide to reading the emotions of people around us, and it offers different exercises as a resource.
Emotional Intelligence in Action: Training and Coaching Activities for Leaders and Managers
by Marci Hughes, L. Bonita Patterson, and James Bradford Terrell
With over 40 exercises to build effective emotional skills, this book provides workouts designed to align with the four leading emotional intelligence measure – or can be used as an independent tool to be part of a leadership program.
Working with Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman
Goleman identifies emotional intelligence as a set of skills anyone can cultivate and explains their importance in our lives and in organizations.
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman
Goleman provides new insights into the brain architecture in relation to emotion and demonstrates how emotional intelligence can be nurtured within all of us. He provides specific guidance as to how parents and schools can benefit from this, as he argues that emotional lessons from childhood shape our brains.
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman
After his bestseller Emotional Intelligence, Goleman now examines social intelligence and how humans are designed for sociability. He discusses how we can “catch” other people’s emotions; the accuracy of first impressions; and the dark side of social intelligence. A must read to further understand our emotions and reactions as we nurture capabilities of empathy, cooperation, and altruism.
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional
by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee
This stresses the power and importance of emotional intelligent leadership, and illustrates that leadership is self-aware, empathetic, motivative, and collaborative in our much more complex and technology advanced world.
How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of Brains
by Lisa Feldman Barrett
Deep insights on how the brain is constructed in relation to our emotions.
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
by Susan David, PhD
A new approach to achieving your true potential, by understanding our inner thoughts, emotions, and self-talk. David describes how emotionally agile individuals experience the same stresses as anyone else, but what differentiates them and makes them more successful is through how they adapt and align their values towards making small changes that lead a life of growth.