Lemuria has been feeling the effects of this recession at least a full year now. I’ve been reading throughout this year in an attempt to develop a clearer understanding for this small business. Most business books seem to focus on larger businesses than this bookstore; however, many corporate ideas have stimulated creativity to help us get through this tumultuous time.
Written a decade ago, I can’t help but reflect on Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998). Goleman’s principles are not about what you learned in school but focus instead on personal qualities such as empathy, adaptability, and persuasiveness.
The book is a guide for how the worker is responsible to himself, using work as a tool to be responsible to the business group. Goleman also discusses how the business group interprets the individual’s work to reflect the individual’s reward–and not just in financial terms but a more full- bodied approach toward the emotional whole of the right-minded use of time through labor.
Honestly, I feel that if this book were taught in business schools as a requirement, bringing Goleman’s awareness into our country’s business community, our recession would be a different story today. Goleman’s concepts of emotional intelligence contradict many aspects of corporate and political greed which appear to be the dominant force in devaluing so many individual’s hard earned assets.
Incorporating Goleman’s ideas on emotional intelligence into the business world could be institutional in preventing such severe economic decline in the future. More mindful productivity should yield more stability for future generations.
Many helpful ideas lie within the boards of this treatise. There is something in here for anyone who wants to make a difference through labor with contribution. I highly recommend this book and any of Goleman’s other books to my staff. See my blog entry on Social Intelligence.
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