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Overcoming Information Overload by Tina Konstant
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Whether you are finding your way as a manager or you want to enhance the skills you already have, the Instant Manager series is exactly what you need! Written by leading experts, they are inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guides to the subject at hand. The portable format allows you to carry the book wherever you go and to fit learning and development into your busy work life. Based on the 10 most FAQs, each chapter ends with a quick tip that can be taken on board immediately. A tear out card covering the most salient points allows you to carry the expertise with you wherever you go. Information is unlimited but our ability to manage it is not. But where overload can come from any number of sources and affects every individual differently, the root cause of information overload is the same for everyone: the shift in perception from being in control to chaos. This book is for anyone who feels helpless and frustrated as a result of information overload. It is also essential reading for anyone who has more work than time, is reluctant to speed-read in case vital information is missed or regularly deals with difficult, dull or technical information. Each chapter will include top tips for immediate results, answers to key questions on how to get out of overload (and avoid it happening again) and strategies that work. Backed by the authority of the Chartered Management Institute, this is an essential addition to the manager's library.

About the Author
Tina Konstant is an expert in speed reading and information overload. She is also an experienced author and in addition has produced cable tv programmes on effective learning and thinking. Morris Taylor is a management consultant.
Note from Pat: I found this to be a compelling read as well as the source of much useful information on why and how we become overloaded by too much information

Note from Pat: I found this to be a compelling read as well as the source of much useful information on why and how we become overloaded by too much information

Emotional Intelligence in Action Tools and Techniques for Individuals and Groups (Paperback) by Marcia Hughes (Author), L. Bonita Patterson (Author), James Bradford Terrell

Note by Pat: Of all the books available on the subject of emotional intelligence this has to be the easiest to follow and the most helpful in conveying the role that emotional intelligence has to play in modern life. This book starts by reviewing the origins of EI and the research that has taken place in the last decade and the relative interaction of the four leading EI measures currently in use today. The book works steadily through the 15 competencies of EI providing an interesting and informative explanation.
Emotional Intelligence in Action shows how to tap the power of EI through forty–six exercises that can be used to build effective emotional skills and create real change. The workouts are designed to align with the four leading emotional intelligence measures—EQ–I® or EQ–360™, ECI 360, MSCEIT™, and EQ Map®, —or can be used independently or as part of a wider leadership and management development program. All of the book’s forty–six exercises offer experiential learning scenarios that have been proven to enhance emotional intelligence competencies.