(NAPSA)—Whatkindofintelligence do you exhibit? A high IQ? Emotional intelligence? Street smarts? If you aspire to professional success or leadership, a new book describes how you can develop and exercise your Executive Intelligence. “The best businesspeople don’t necessarily know more than the rest of us—they just think differently,” says Dr. Justin Menkes, author of Executive Intelligence: What All Great Leaders Have. What All “Look at Jack Great Leaders Have EXECUTIV Welch and Steve Jobs. Despite vast cultural INTELLIGENCE 2ilrences and significant dis- JUSTIN MENKES parities in their education, style and personalities, they are both classically great leaders. The key to their success is their skill at questioning underlying assumptions and revealing new truths.” Dr. Menkes, an internationally renowned expert on intelligence and its role in leadership, is a managing director of the Executive Intelligence Group. His work has been cited by The New Yorker, Newsweek, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and USA Today. Dr. Menkes asserts that people with high Executive Intelligence are recognized as the best leaders, not because they are morelikeable or charismatic than the rest of us, but because they think better. This is as true of sports coaches, teachers and parentsasit is of CEOs. The good newsis that Executive Intelligence can be learned. Like new vocabulary or computer proficiency, these skills can be practiced, learned and mastered by anyone motivated to improvehis or her chancesof success.
