Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence, Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Books, And Net Worth

Daniel Goleman Bio | Wiki

Daniel Goleman is an  American author and science journalist. He served as a writer for The New York Times for 2 decades reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. In 1995, Daniel published a book titled Emotional Intelligence which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year-and-a-half. The same book was a best-seller in many countries.

Currently, Emotional Intelligence is in print worldwide in 40 languages. Apart from emotional intelligence, Daniel has also written other many books on topics such as ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis, social and emotional learning,  meditation,  transparency, creativity, self-deception, and the Dalai Lama’s vision for the future.

Daniel Goleman Age

He was born on March 7, 1946, in Stockton, California, United States of America. Daniel is 75 years old.

Daniel Goleman Height

He is a man of average stature. Daniel stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in ( Approx 1.73m).

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Daniel Goleman Family

He was born to his mother Fay Goleman and his father Irving Goleman on March 7, 1946, in Stockton, California, United States of America. Fay was a professor of sociology at the University of the Pacific born in 1910 and died in 2010. Irving was a humanities professor at the Stockton College (now San Joaquin Delta College) born in 1898 and died in 1961. Physicist Alvin M. Weinberg was Daniel’s maternal uncle

Daniel Goleman Wife

He is married to his wife Tara Bennett Goleman. The couple has two sons from an earlier marriage. Currently, the family lives in New York.

Daniel Goleman Education

He studied India using a pre-doctoral fellowship from Harvard and Social Science Research Council’s post-doctoral grant. While in India, Daniel spent time with Neem Karoli Baba, spiritual teacher and guru to Ram Dass, Larry Brilliant, and Krishna Das. Daniel’s first book was based on travel in India and Sri Lanka. After his time in India, Daniel went back to the USA as a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. His course on the psychology of consciousness was popular during the 1970s.

His mentor at the  University called David McClelland recommended him for a job at Psychology Today. Later in 1984, Daniel was recruited by The New York Times. Later, at Yale University’s Child Studies Center, he co-founded the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning which would then move to the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently, Daniel co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence at Rutgers University. He as well sits on the Mind & Life Institute’s board of directors.

Daniel Goleman Book Emotional Intelligence

In 1995, he authored the internationally best-selling book titled Emotional Intelligence. The book spent over one-and-a-half years on The New York Times Best Seller list. In his book Working with Emotional Intelligence published in 1998, Daniel developed the argument that non-cognitive skills can matter as much as IQ for workplace success. He also made a similar argument for leadership effectiveness in Primal Leadership in his 2001, Harvard Business School Press. In 2013, Daniel published a book Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence that became a best-seller.

Daniel Goleman Social Intelligence

People’s daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses, and sometimes strangers shape their brains and also affect cells throughout their bodies far more than they are consciously aware, down to the level of their genes for good or ill. Daniel, in Social Intelligence, explores an emerging new science with startling implications for people’s interpersonal world. Its most fundamental discovery:  Human beings are designed for sociability and constantly engaged in a “neural ballet” that connects their brain to brain with those around them.

Daniel Goleman Theory Of Emotional Intelligence

His theory of emotional intelligence outlines five components of EQ: i.e social skills, empathy, motivation, self-regulation, and self-awareness. According to Daniel. Emotional intelligence can be applied to meet goals and targets. Also, it can be used to create a happier and healthier working culture.

Daniel Goleman Focus | On Focus

In 2013, Daniel publisg=hed a book titled Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence. As a Psychologist and journalist, Daniel offers a groundbreaking look at today’s scarcest resource as well as the secret to high performance and fulfillment: attention. The book delves into the science of attention in all its varieties. It also presents a long-overdue discussion of this little-noticed and under-rated mental asset.

Daniel Goleman What Makes A Leader

He at first brought the term “emotional intelligence” to a wide audience after publishing his  1995 book titled emotional intelligence. At first, Daniel applied the concept to business with this 1998 classic HBR article. After carrying out research in over 20 large global companies, the author found that truly effective leaders are distinguished by a high degree of emotional intelligence. An individual can have first-class training, an incisive mind, and an endless supply of good ideas, but still, fail to be a great leader for lack of emotional intelligence.

Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Summary

According to Daniel, Emotional Intelligence is a guide to making sense of senselessness. His 1995 book titled “emotional intelligence” offers ideas about how individuals can understand themselves better, manage their own emotions, and also be able to use empathy to better understand the feelings as well as emotions of the people around them.

Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Test

He came up with a  performance-based model of EQ  so as to be able to assess employee levels of emotional intelligence, and also manage to identify areas of improvement. The Emotional and Social Competency Inventory ( ESCI) is the only measure that Daniel has worked on although a number of assessment tools for emotional intelligence in the workplace claim to be associated with him. Daniel developed ESCI with his longtime colleague Richard Boyatzis who is a professor in the Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University. The two collaborated with researchers at the McClelland Institute at HayGroup in Boston.

Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Definition

According to Daniel, emotional intelligence is  “the ability to identify, assess and control one’s own emotions, the emotion of others and that of groups.”

Daniel Goleman Quotes | Emotional Intelligence Quotes

– “There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.”

– “Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. HORACE WALPOLE”

– “Leadership is not domination, but the art of persuading people to work toward a common goal.”

– “Benjamin Franklin put it well: “Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.”

– “But the rational mind usually doesn’t decide what emotions we “should” have !”

– “Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and “proofs” all their own.”

– “out-of-control emotions can make smart people stupid.”

– “For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when the emotions hold sway.”

– “Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.”

Daniel Goleman Leadership Styles

Based on Emotional Intelligence, Danie has come up with six leadership styles. Those styles are:

– Commanding leadership style

– Visionary leadership style

– Democratic leadership style

– Coaching leadership style

– Affiliative leadership style

– Pacesetting leadership style

Daniel Goleman Books

–  The Varieties of the Meditative Experience, Irvington Publishers-1977

– Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self-Deception, Bloomsbury Publishers-1985

–  Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Bantam Books-1995

–  Working with Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books-1998

–  Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, Harvard Business Review Press-2001

–  Social Intelligence: Beyond IQ, Beyond Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books-2006

– Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, Harper Collins Publishers – 2013

– A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama’s Vision for Our World, Bantam Books-2015

–  Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, with Richard Davidson, Avery – 2017

– The Emotionally Intelligent Leader, Harvard Business Review Press 2019

Daniel Goleman Net Worth

He is a well-known American author, psychologist, and science journalist. From his books and other works, Daniel has managed to accumulate an estimated net worth of $2,845,919.

Who Is Daniel Goleman

Daniel is an  American author and science journalist. He formerly served as a writer for The New York Times for 2 decades reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. In 1995, Daniel published a book titled Emotional Intelligence which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year-and-a-half. The same book was a best-seller in many countries.

How Old Is Daniel Goleman

Daniel is a 75-year-old American author and science journalist who was born on March 7, 1946, in Stockton, California, United States of America.

Is Daniel Goleman Married

Yes.  Daniel married his lovely wife Tara Bennett Goleman. The couple has two sons from an earlier marriage. Currently, the family lives in New York.