Good Work: Aligning Skills and Values

by Daniel Goleman, Howard Gardner

Overview

Develop the skills to create a joyful and engaging work life

Discover how self-reflection and living your values can revitalize your career.

Learn to identify and create environments that nurture Good Work.

Many of us seek Good Work – work which is excellent, personally meaningful, and ethical. Our challenge is to forge these elements into a rewarding, profitable career. In this spirited dialogue, Daniel Goleman and Howard Gardner give us the tools to do just that. Dr. Gardner’s research, insight, and expertise into Good Work help us turn our ideals into reality, and connect who we are with what we do.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014542333
Publisher:	More Than Sound
Publication date:	04/26/2012
Series:	Wired to Connect: Dialogues on Social Intelligence , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	47 KB

About the Author

Howard Gardner PhD is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, his 1983 book Frames of Mind proposes an array of seven kinds of culturally valued intelligence. Gardner has been identified as one of the world's ten most influential business thinkers by the Wall Street Journal. His recent research investigates the nature of Good Work, the alignment of excellence, ethics, and engagement.

Daniel Goleman, PhD covered the brain and behavioral sciences at the New York Times for twelve years. He is co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, and co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. His books include Emotional Intelligence, Primal Leadership, Destructive Emotions, and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. His new book Ecological Intelligence was released in April 2009.