Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Hands-On ... - always yours

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A special thanks to Dr. Cathy Greenberg, my co-host on “Leadership
Development News,” our VoiceAmerica top business Internet
radio show bringing cutting edge leadership tools and concepts to
our listeners. Her happiness, wisdom, and experience have made
interviewing leadership gurus very educational and delightful.
I want to thank the Emotional Intelligence community. To Daniel
Goleman, for his initiative, leadership, and integration of all of the
theory and research. To Richard Boyatzis and the Hay Group, for
their expertise in identifying and developing competencies and for
the creation of the Emotional Competency Inventory (ECI). To Bill
Tredwell of the Hay Group, for his ideas, enthusiasm, and support.
Thank you to my friends and colleagues at Outward Bound and
the Association of Experiential Education, who gave me the “best
practice field” to learn about Star Performance as well as an abundance
of tips, strategies, and tools.
To my Confluent Education mentors—George Brown, Stu Shapiro,
and Mark Phillips—for teaching me about Emotional Intelligence
before it was formally named.
To my extended family—Nancy, Larry, Michael, Katherine, Van,
Martine, and all the Nadlers and Hayeses—for their years of support
and love.
To Ilene Segalove, for her clarity, insight, and support.
To Ellen Reid and the Star book team of Laren Bright, Patricia
Bacall, Brookes Nohlgren, and Natalie Gibency—for their expertise,
perfection, calmness under fire, and professionalism in creating this
book. To Julie Simpson for her proofreading and attention to detail.
To the UCSB students who contributed to the creation of this
book—Ian Farr, Steve Hall, Tony Muna, Martin Young, and Brenton
Gieser. Westmont students Ralph Walton and Trevor Alleman, who
contributed research, are on their way to successful careers.
And lastly, I want to thank my friends Roger, Charlie, the Santa
Barbara bunch, and the Paramus crowd for teaching me the foundation,
specifics, and practice of Emotional Intelligence.