Book Quote by Daniel Goleman

“The groundbreaking book that popularized the topic is Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, written by Daniel Goleman, our friend and…

— Chade-Meng Tan

“Emotionally intelligent people can focus their emotions to improve performance and productivity.”

— Susan C. Young

Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability and technical…

— Daniel Goleman

“Emotional intelligence will give you insight as to why people behave as they do and assist you in areas which you may wish to…

— Susan C. Young

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is…

— Daniel Goleman

Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional…

— Daniel Goleman

“Emotional intelligence is the capacity for recognizing feelings—yours, and others’-- motivating yourself, and managing emotions effectively. For breakthrough leadership performance, it is required.”

— Chuck Bolton

“Emotional intelligence marks one’s ability to perceive, understand, control, and evaluate his or her emotions.”

— Susan C. Young

I think in the coming decade we will see well-conducted research demonstrating that emotional skills and competencies predict positive outcomes at home with one's…

— Peter Salovey

In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.

— Daniel Goleman

IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

— Daniel Goleman

“A great deal of intellectual intelligence depends on emotional intelligence.”

— Michael Gurian