How to Be an Emotionally Intelligent Leader helps you easily unlock the best kept secret to a long and prosperous career-your own emotional intelligence-and how you can use it to lead yourself and those around you in a way that makes you relevant, respected, and indispensable. Through compelling storytelling featuring twenty leaders of all ages and backgrounds, an eye-opening self-assessment, and plenty of intriguing exercises, you'll: Discover your unique emotional intelligence leadership superpowers Gain important insights into how your superpowers work for you Learn how to develop and amplify your superpowers to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals with greater ease and confidence Customize your own personal plan to raise your leadership game and feel more fulfilled and satisfied with your work While some books on emotional intelligence development are more theoretical and complex, this one breaks the mold. It's wildly illuminating, fun, practical, and actionable. Cheryl O'Donoghue has created a leadership transformation book you will benefit from reading time and time again. "It is time for a new brand of leadership. This is an incredibly valuable business guide integrated seamlessly into a self-development workbook. Personally, I benefited from taking the self-assessment first. It helped me discover and reconnect with my emotional intelligence leadership superpowers and uncover other abilities I can develop to be an even more impactful leader." Jean O'Neill, Vice President Channel, Cyxtera Technologies (cyxtera.com) "Cheryl explains emotional intelligence in simple terms and provides easy to follow steps and valuable techniques to develop and grow our own EQ. Her four self-awareness development techniques, particularly Your Seven Circles, are a terrific way to raise our own self-awareness, and Get Out of Your Own Way shows us how to break down the emotional barriers that are slowing our growth." Nate Westre, Business Solutions Consultant, MMIT Business Solutions Group (mmitiowa.com) "This book takes the mystery out of being an emotionally intelligent leader. Not only does it simply describe why it's important but once again, Cheryl O'Donoghue clearly guides her readers to examine themselves and take action." Nancy Ridge, Founder & President (ridgeinnovative.com)"This book reminds me of the Vince Lombardi quote, 'Leaders are made, they are not born.' It shows you how leaders are made and offers us more than just a study on emotional intelligence. This is a guidebook for our ongoing leadership development." Natalia (Botti) Schenkel, National Director of Channel (Chicago), Masergy Communications (masergy.com) "Being in touch with our emotions is so often viewed as being weak. O'Donoghue reframes emotional intelligence as a 'superpower' that gives us the strength to accomplish our goals in work and life. Plus, she gives us the steps to discover and enable the gifts we were given and the ones we wish we had." Khali Henderson, Senior Partner at BuzzTheory Strategies (buzztheory.com)