Emotional Intelligence Advantage by Amy Jacobson

Proven strategies for navigating hard conversations, building team resilience and managing business transformation

In The Emotional Intelligence Advantage, leading expert Amy Jacobson shares a framework for resolving challenges in the workplace. How do you tackle tough conversations? How does your team react when a key process or system changes? And how can you overcome doubt and indecision to create a culture of alignment and trust? When it comes to modern leadership, you need to be aware of more than just the bottom line. You also need to apply emotional intelligence in how you manage people, processes and change.

In this book, you’ll discover a clear five-step process for empathetic, productive communication. Through real-world case studies, proven tools and actionable strategies, The Emotional Intelligence Advantage demonstrates how you can address conflict and facilitate change seamlessly.

• Embrace workplace challenges and focus on what you can control.
• Process emotions and effectively shift from defensiveness to solutions.
• Recognise your impact on others and build team resilience and emotional alignment.
• Ask the right questions to unify stakeholders and achieve shared goals.
• Apply strategies that drive progress, spark organisational transformation and deliver lasting results.

A workplace thrives when people thrive. With this step-by-step framework for fostering emotional intelligence, you’ll discover how to create a high-performing environment where each person feels safe and engaged. The Emotional Intelligence Advantage is a practical handbook for embedding emotional intelligence into your workplace effectively.

About the Author:

Morgan P. McMonagle, Consultant Vascular & Trauma surgeon, HSE South Hospital Group, Ireland; Honorary Consultant Vascular & Trauma surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital and Imperial Healthcare, London; Clinical Lecturer in Surgery at Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Imperial College London; Director of the Definitive Surgical for Trauma Course (DSTC) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Patrick M. Reilly, CW Schwab Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Phildelphia, USA.

C. William Schwab, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

25 Jun 2025
 

The Emotional Intelligence Advantage: Mastering Change and Difficult Conversations by Amy Jacobson ISBN 9781394337941