Self-Awareness is being crystal clear on who we are and who we are not. When we are clear on this, we don't so readily fall into self-deception. Good read as a third installment on Emotional Quotient, the X factor we miss at our own peril.

Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations.
By Robert K. Cooper

Over the past several years, EQ has become widely accepted as the emotional equivalent of IQ. High EQ picks up more readily, more deftly and more quickly than others—the budding conflicts that need resolution, the team and organizational vulnerabilities that need addressing, the gaps to be leaped or filled, the hidden connections that spell opportunity, and the murky, mysterious interactions that seem most likely to prove golden—and profitable.

Most people who are successful as leaders of anything must come face-to-face with the areas of darkness or emptiness inside themselves. Most of us run from our shadow side, and that becomes our leadership lid. Church Planters, this is core reading.

Core contents of the book include:

• Emotional Literacy – honesty, energy, feedback and intuition
• Emotional Fitness – authentic presence, trust radius, constructive discontent, resilience and renewal
• Emotional Depth – potential and purpose, commitment, integrity, influence w/o authority
• Emotional Alchemy – intuitive flow, time-shifting, opportunity sensing, creating the future