PRIMAL LEADERSHIP: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
By Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie Mckee
Resonant leaders are emotionally intelligent leaders who move others, ignite positive feelings that bring out the best in people and drive performance. This book explains the key competencies behind emotional intelligence, the associated leadership styles, and how to use them to create a positive emotional climate that fosters creativity, innovation, strong teams and great performance.
In this summary, you’ll learn:
• How our brains work, and why emotional intelligence is so powerful;
• The 4 dimensions and 18 competencies of EI, how they relate to 6 key leadership styles, and how you can expand your leadership repertoire;
• How you can improve your leadership (in a way that lasts), through the 5 discoveries of self-directed learning; and
• How to build an emotionally intelligent organization, by addressing 3 key areas.
Who should read this:
• Leaders, managers, human resource and people-development professionals
• Anyone interested in psychology, or in improving your personal effectiveness, leadership skills and relationships
Mtbike40 –
I think that this is an excellent book about emotional intelligence and how someone can impact their leadership ability through self awareness and self control. [Review from Goodreads]
James –
A very good book on EI and how organizations will have a better chance of success when leadership displays and lives the right EI traits. Looking through past and current organizations, I’ve seen the leaders demonstrate the right EI traits helping an organization and other leaders demonstrate EI traits that have created toxic environments.
This book was also a good self reflection for me to highlight areas I am doing ok on as well as areas where I have struggled in the past and where I’m working to change behaviors. [Review from Goodreads]
Michael –
This is one of the better books on leadership development that I’ve read… It would be great for a class or an executive coaching program. [Review from Goodreads]
Jennifer –
One of those “mostly common sense but common sense isn’t so common” kind of books… Focusses on emotional intelligence and how it relates to leadership styles… Dumb title but well worth the read. [Review from Goodreads]