Practical Intelligence: The Art and Science of Common Sense
- ISBN-10
- 0787997056
- ISBN-13
- 9780787997052
- Series
- Practical Intelligence
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-05-04
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Karl Albrecht
Description
Karl Albrecht’s bestselling book Social Intelligenceshowed us how dealing with people and social situations candetermine success both at work and in life. Now, in thisgroundbreaking book Practical Intelligence, Albrecht takesthe next step and explains how practical intelligence (PI)qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptualstructure for defining and describing common sense. Throughout Practical Intelligence, Albrecht explains thatpeople with practical intelligence can employ language skills, makebetter decisions, think in terms of options and possibilities,embrace ambiguity and complexity, articulate problems clearly andwork through to solutions, have original ideas, and influence theideas of others. Albrecht shows that everyone’s PI skills canbe improved with proper education and training and challenges allof us—from parents and teachers to executives andmanagers—to upgrade our own skills and help others developtheir own PI abilities.
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