The idea is sipmle - soft skills is 90% success working with people, so the more empowered we are the better results we'll get.
Simple steps in moving forward:
- read ei.md - first chapter from the Everyday Emotional Intelligence
- think about your weak sport and strong sides, writhe them down
- think about your motivations and values, write them down
- think about cognitive biases that are most dangerous for you (you can fall into them easily) Cognitive Biases
Literature:
- Emotional Intelligence:Why It Can Mattter More Than IQ
- Working with EI
- EI in the Workplace:How to use EQ to Build Strong Relationships and Thrive in Your Career
- EI for the Modern Leader: A Guide to Cultivating Effective Leadership and Organizations
- Leaders Eat Last:Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
- Leadership:The Power of EI
- Negotiating for Success:Essential Strategies and Skills
- HBR Guide to Negotiating
- Insight:The Surprising Trught About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think
- The Art of Self-Awareness
- The Power Of Awareness and Feeling is the Secret