Emotional Intelligence For Dummies®

Appendix A. Resources for Emotional and Social Intelligence

Emotional and social intelligence are relatively recent and fast-growing fields of study. There is much more information on the subject than any single book can contain. This appendix points you toward some resources that you can turn to for more information on the emotional-intelligence topics that interest you.

Books

If this book whets your appetite for reading about this topic, I recommend the following books:

• Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain, by Antonio Damasio (Penguin)

• Emotional Intelligence in Action: Training and Coaching Activities for Leaders and Managers, by Marcia Hughes, L. Bonita Patterson, and James Terrell (Pfeiffer)

• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, by Daniel Goleman (Bantam)

• Emotions and Life: Perspectives from Psychology, Biology, and Evolution, by Robert Plutchik (American Psychological Association)

• EQ Leader Program, by Dana Ackley (Multi-Health Systems, Inc.)

• Make Your Workplace Great: The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization, by Steven J. Stein (Jossey-Bass)

• The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life, by Joseph Ledoux (Simon & Shuster)

• The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership, by David Caruso and Peter Salovey (Jossey-Bass)

• The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, by Steven J. Stein and Howard Book (Jossey-Bass/Wiley)

• The Handbook of Emotional Intelligence: ...