This Harvard Business Review collection opens by gathering some of the most influential business-focused articles on emotional intelligence, providing readers a synthesized, practically-focused introduction to this significant leadership and management domain.

Why this collection format provides distinctive value:

• Rather than requiring readers to seek out numerous individual articles and sources, this collection provides curated, high-quality content addressing emotional intelligence's business applications in one accessible resource
• The collection draws on multiple expert perspectives, providing a more comprehensive view than any single author's individual treatment might offer
• This format specifically emphasizes practical business application, distinguishing it from more purely academic or general treatments of emotional intelligence

This opening establishes the collection's distinctive value proposition, curating multiple expert perspectives specifically focused on emotional intelligence's practical business applications.