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Robert W. Eichinger Vice Chairman of the Korn/Ferry Institute
Minneapolis

Bob Eichinger is Vice Chairman of the Korn/Ferry Institute for Korn/Ferry International. Prior to Korn/Ferry’s acquisition of Lominger International, he was cofounder and CEO of Lominger Limited, Inc. and cocreator of the Leadership Architect® Suite of management, executive, and organizational development tools. During his 40+ year career, he has worked inside companies such as PepsiCo and Pillsbury, and as a consultant in Fortune 500 companies in the United States, Europe, Japan, Canada, and Australia. Dr. Eichinger lectures extensively on the topic of executive and management development and has served on the Board of the Human Resource Planning Society. He has worked as a coach with more than 1,000 managers and executives. Some of his books include The Leadership Machine, written with Mike Lombardo, 100 Things You Need to Know: Best People Practices for Managers & HR, written with Mike Lombardo and Dave Ulrich, and FYI for Strategic Effectiveness™, written with Kim Ruyle and Dave Ulrich.

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By Robert W. Eichinger

In the October 26, 1998 issue of Fortune Magazine, there was an article called Success Secret: A High Emotional IQ, by Anne Fisher with the tag line, "Psychologist and best selling author Daniel Goleman says his research proves that business prizes emotional intelligence over expertise in its managers" (page 293). In the article, Dan says that "…emotional intelligence more and more comes to determine who gets promoted and who gets passed over - or even who gets laid off and who doesn't."
 

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