Appreciating Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

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Intelligence is more than IQ. Goleman demonstrates how our view of human intelligence can be far too narrow when it does not take into consideration what he calls “emotional intelligence.” This dialogue provides not only intriguing information, but also solid advice about handling the pitfalls of emotionality and using it in positive ways in your relationships, work, and health. It also expands our understanding of how we learn. “It’s emotional intelligence,” says Daniel Goleman, “that allows you to use your other potentials, no matter what they may be.” (hosted by Michael Toms)

Bio

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. As a science journalist Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. Apart from his books on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. He currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University.

Daniel Goleman’s books include:

• Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (Bantam 2005)
• Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee) (Harvard Business Review Press; 10th Anniversary edition 2013)
• Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (Bantam 2006)
• Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything (Doubleday 2009)

To learn more about the work of Daniel Goleman go to www.DanielGoleman.info.

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• The difference between mental and emotional intelligence
• The five aspects of emotional intelligence
• The role of your excitable amygdala
• How to tell when you’ve been “hijacked” by your limbic brain
• Developing “skillful anger”
• The emotional malaise of American children
• The “red-light, yellow-light, green-light” way to deal with anger
• How to deal with an angry person
• Recent research on marital arguments
• How a lack of empathy creates killers
• What educators are discovering about “emotional literacy”
• The benefits of emotional intelligence in the workplace

Host: Michael Toms      Interview Date: 10/17/1995      Program Number: 2548

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