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IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 7
Author
Journalist
Psychologist
Researcher
Writer
Chinatown
Stockton
Emotional
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Technical
Intelligence
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Leadership

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