13 april 2010, emotional intelligence

Wednesday 14th April 2010

At a daniel goleman “masterclass” today, which is a posh way of saying lecture series. His book though, “emotional intelligence” is revelatory, and shows your natural instinct, at home and at work, of “fight or flight” when faced with difficult situations. Conquering, controlling and positively channeling this emotion is as important as iq for getting on in life. Ok, this may sound like management crap, but it touched a real nerve with me, the more so hearing daniel in the flesh. We can all be “emotionally hijacked” and learning to control that impulse can make many situations much better. The main point of the day was leadership and finding the sweet spot between boredom and stress, leading not following, but through visioning and coaching and providing a safe space for charges to grow and experiment in. It’s all a bit brain 2.0 really...