'Primal Leadership reassesses what makes a great leader.'-Time

'Invigorating.'-USA Today

A New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Globe and Mail, Boston Globe, and Booklist bestseller.

This is the book that established 'emotional intelligence' in the business lexicon-and made it a necessary skill for leaders.

Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities, business and medical schools, and professional training programs, and by a growing legion of professional coaches.

This refreshed edition, with a new preface by the authors, vividly illustates the power-and the necessity-of leadership that is self-aware, empathic, motivating, and collaborative in a world that is ever more economically volatile and technologically complex. It is even timelier now than when it was originally pubished.

From bestselling authors Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, this groundbreaking book remains a must-read for anyone who leads or aspires to lead.

Also available in ebook format wherever ebooks are sold.

Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist and author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence. Richard Boiyatzis is Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, and an expert in the field of emotional intelligence. Annie McKee is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvanian and adviser to leaders around the globe.

Contents

Preface, Tenth anniversary edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One The power of emotional intelligence
One Primal leadership
Two Resonant leadership
Three The neuroanatomy of leadership
Four The leadership repertoire
Five The dissonant styles-Apply with caution
Part Two Making leaders
Six Becoming a resonant leader-The five discoveries
Seven The motivation to change
Eight Metamorphosis-Sustaining leadership change
Part Three Building emotionally intelligent organizations
Nine The emotional reality of teams
Ten Reality and the ideal vision-Giving life to the organization's future
Eleven Creating sustainable change
Appendix A
Ei Versus IQ-A technical note
Appendix B-Emotinal intelligence-Leadrship competencies
Notes
Index
About the authors

The explanations and examples in this book are mostly really dry (and somewhat vague.) Not very easy or fun to read. The gist of the book is emotional intelligence is important for managers. You need emotional intelligence to cultivate your ability at exhibiting the six different existing leadership styles, and navigate between the styles to always use the best one that the scenario calls for. The leadership styles include: visionary, coaching, affiliative, democratic, pacesetting and commanding. In order to cultivate your emotional intelligence you need to identify ideally who/what you want to become, examine your current performance, recognize where the gap between ideal and reality lies, find means to practice the skills you like to have, and then practice over and over. The authors say you will definitely improve in the longterm (in their examples, "long-term" can mean six months, or two years) if you continue to practice over and over. ( )

So much to take from this and apply to individual, team and organisational practice. Leading in this way should ensure the environment you work in can never be called toxic and will ensure that everyone from the organisation has a passion for the work that delivers effectiveness. ( )

Primal Leadership connects the concepts of emotional intelligence to the role of leadership. Written by three experts, including Goleman, the founder of emotional intelligence, this update to the original conveys both the principles and the application. The main idea is that leaders maximize their impact when they communicate with resonance. There are different modes of leadership ranging from visionary to directive. Each has a time and place, but the resonant visionary is most effective at mobilizing a large organization over the long term. Other ideas that resonated with me include a framework for self-directed learning (relying on self-awareness followed by a learning agenda and help through others) and also the four domains of emotional intelligence ( self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship management). ( )

After going through the “Emotional Intelligence” from Daniel Goleman - I was chasing “Primal Leadership” as I was pretty convincing this could be smart transition! Actually – no doubt that Emotional Intelligence is a prerequisite for Leadership and therefore to succeed in Management role! However - Leaders need to be focused on the real world and not just emotions. Well – useless to say how difficult it is to change our default neural path and do something different from what we are wired to … Right?
Anyway – This book provides nice escapades into leadership and will definitively keep your interest ;()

Dec, 24th - 2013 ( )