News & announcements from the ‘Social intelligence’ category
Success: The Rest of the Story
Monday, December 22nd, 2008In his fascinating new book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell makes a strong case that people owe their success to a lot more than IQ. He reviews data and offers convincing cases to show that above an IQ in the neighborhood of 110-115, IQ fails as a predictor of success in a career. …
Flame Out
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008At last there’s a way to cool down before we flame online; those folks at Google have come up with a remedy for emotional hijacks at the keyboard. A “flame” occurs when we’re a bit agitated – frustrated, anxious, jealous, emotionally desperate – and compose an email, hit “Send” … and regret having sent it….
Good Work!
Sunday, August 24th, 2008What’s the connection between our work and leading a good life? Howard Gardner and I (we’ve known each other since our grad school days) had the chance to explore this question when we got together near Cambridge for a taped conversation (you can listen in on Good Work: Aligning Skills and Values, available from www.MoreThanSound.net)….
What’s Your Emotional Style?
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Who among us has not gotten upset by an argument, an unsettling talk with our boss, or a bad grade? And have you noticed that some of us get over these troubling encounters quickly, while others sulk or fume for a long time? Just why people some people are better at recovery than others, and…
Leadership: Social Intelligence is Essential
Thursday, February 28th, 2008I’ve long argued that outstanding leadership requires a combination of self-mastery and social intelligence. What’s the difference? Self-mastery refers to how we handle ourselves; for those familiar with my model of emotional intelligence, self-mastery breaks down into self-awareness and self-control. The leadership competencies that build on self-mastery include self-confidence, the drive to improve performance, staying…
Does America Need More Neighborhood Pubs?
Friday, January 25th, 2008A recent comparison of the mental and physical health of Americans and Britons raises some intriguing questions. Consider these data points: Americans spend 2.5 more on health care than do Brits – yet have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, lung disease, and cancer. The richest, healthiest Americans are as sick as the poorest…
Educating Hearts and Minds: An Interview with George Lucas
Monday, December 3rd, 2007George Lucas and Daniel Goleman discuss the many ways that social and emotional learning enhance the education process. Read the interview at edutopia.org: http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-goleman-social-emotional-learning
Getting Connected
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007In Social Intelligence I noted longterm trends that signal a gradual corrosion of opportunities for people to connect – networks of friendships shrinking, families spending less time together, a decline in social gatherings. Though many of us sense this trend toward a loss of connection, the data tracking it has been piecemeal. Now that’s about…
Tech and Touch
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007There was a revealing moment at the third annual “All Things Digital” conference, a gathering of super-techies, featuring digerati luminaries like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. As speakers took the stage, the dimness of the ballroom hall was illumined by the ghostly glow of laptop screens — attendees were using the building’s WiFi to check…
Email With Care
Monday, October 8th, 2007As I was in the final throes of getting a book into print, a woman at my publisher sent me an email that stopped me in my tracks. I had met her just once, at a meeting. We were having an email exchange about some crucial detail, which I thought was being worked out well….
Welcome to the website and blog of psychologist Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Dr. Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries.