"My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.“


-Daniel Goleman

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My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.

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