Harvard expert Professor Howard Gardner, identifies at least seven intelligences. This reconceptualization of intelligence as a family of skills, rather than one single G-factor (innate general competence), opens the door to the use of the term intelligence in connection to a wide range of human skills. For example, Emotional Intelligence, in very recent years, has become surprisingly popular - particularly in the business world. Similarly, the concept of Social Intelligence qualifies as one of the key life skills. According to author, More people have lost jobs, friends, marriages and mates because of social incompetence than for all other reasons combined. The simple fact is that people whohave a highly developed sense of social intelligence have more friends, better relationships, more successful careers and happier lives than those who lackthose skills. This book explains the concept of Social Intelligence while providing readers with interesting examples and stories of how it plays out in a variety of real life situations. Going beyond the typical ‘people skills’ discussion, the book presents a mental platform that readers can explore for themselves. Taking a practical turn, the author then offers a self-assessment as well as tips and suggestions for Socail Intelligence development. In the end, best-selling author Karl Albrecht advocates for a depth and breadth of life knowledge, a deep understanding of one's culture as well as other cultures and theaccumulated wisdom that comes from constantly observing and learning what works and what fails in human situations.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-44434-4
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 10/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés