Putting aside who is saying this, I am curious how others see IQ vs EQ as factors in career success?<p>Any thoughts on how to create balance when you are in a challenging interpersonal environment?<p>Do introverts have a disadvantage in career growth?<p>Overall the advice from the article makes sense, but the challenge is implementing it:<p>“Sheryl always says that the amount of progress that we make is directly proportional to the number of hard conversations that we’re willing to have,” he said. “So trying to build that into the cultural operation system — which is, ‘we’re just going to really reward and focus on being direct with each other’ — I think is a really important thing.”<p>Experts say that approach to leadership — prioritizing emotional intelligence just as much as, or more than, book smarts — is often the right way to go. The trait makes leaders compelling because of their “ability to identify and monitor emotions (of their own and of others),” Harvard psychologist Daniel Goleman