Relational Intelligence: How Leaders Can Expand Their Influence Through a New Way of Being Smart

by Steve Saccone

Overview

An insightful and practical guide for developing relational leadership skills and engaging new paradigms of influence

Relational Intelligence reveals how leaders can become smarter in the way they conduct their relationships, and as a result, catalyze their impact. This book unwraps the hidden power of a relational genius and the practical pursuits that contribute to increasing one's relational quotient (RQ). Steve Saccone offers thought-provoking and compelling pathways into understanding the synergistic effect of relational intelligence, mission, and influence. He demonstrates how critical the art of relational intelligence is for leaders who desire to better serve those they lead, as well as the organizations and communities they love.

• Offers practical wisdom, engaging anecdotes, and compelling stories that show leaders how to develop relational intelligence
• Delineates the essential skills that make leaders relationally intelligent
• Unwraps six roles of a relational genius and how these transform our approaches to influence
• Includes Foreword by Erwin Raphael McManus
• A new book in the popular Leadership Network Series

The author reveals how to increase one's awareness of the nuances in relational dynamics and suggests ways to help navigate relationships more intelligently and productively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470438695
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/15/2009
Series:	Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series , #40
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	410,844
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

STEVE SACCONE serves as a catalyst at Mosaic, a community of faith in Los Angeles. His roles include campus pastor and director of Protégé (a two-year global leadership development program). In addition, Steve works as a faith field advisor for The Gallup Organization, speaker, consultant for Monvee, and professor for Golden Gate Seminary. He has an M.A. in Transformational Leadership and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Cheri, and son, Hudson.

www.relationalintelligence.info

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Table of Contents

About Leadership Network ix

Foreword by Erwin Raphael McManus xi

Heroes to Acknowledge xv

Part One The Origins of Relational Intelligence

1. The Human Economy 7

2. The Michael Scott Syndrome 25

Part Two The Hidden Power of a Relational Genius

3. The Story Collector 55

4. The Energy Carrier 79

5. The Compelling Relator 103

6. The Conversational Futurist 127

7. The Likeable Hero 149

8. The Disproportionate Investor 169

9. The Last Word 187

Notes 189

Bibliography 191

The Author 195

Index 197