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Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence

daniel goleman richard e. boyatzis annie mckee

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National bestseller now available in paperback.

Drawing from decades of research within world-class organizations, the authors show that great leaders excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using Emotional Intelligence competencies like empathy and self-awareness. The best leaders, they show, have "resonance"--a powerful ability to drive emotions in a positive direction to get results--and can fluidly interchange among a variety of leadership styles as the situation demands. Groundbreaking and timely, this book reveals the new requirements of successful leadership.

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2002

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Format
336 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 2004 by Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN
9781591391845
ASIN
1591391849
Language
English

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About the author

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daniel goleman

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Author of Emotional Intelligence and psychologist Daniel Goleman has transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, and conducts business. The Wall Street Journal ranked him one of the 10 most influential business thinkers.

Goleman's Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times best sellers list for a year-and-a-half. Named one of the 25 "Most Influential Business Management Books" by TIME, it has been translated into 40 languages. The Harvard Business Review called emotional intelligence (EI) “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea.”

Goleman's new book, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, argues that attention — a fundamental mental ability for success — has come under siege. Leadership that gets results demands a triple focus: on our inner world so we can manage ourselves; on others, for our relationships; and on the outer forces that shape our organizations and society itself.

His more recent books include The Brain and Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence - Selected Writings.


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Shinkenshi
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April 1,2025
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Good summary of leadership styles

A short and concise book with good information for both leading yourself and others. Individual aspects such as self-awareness and self-management are covered, and as we know you have to first be able to lead yourself before you can hope to lead others. The book also looks at the effectiveness of various leadership styles, such as democratic vs authoritative styles, in specific situations and generally. If you are in anyway interested in leadership this is a good book to have in library.
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SenyoriitaReads
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April 1,2025
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This book offers very tangible approaches to understanding where you are already at as a leader and how to get to where you want to be. There is an abundance of supporting data and real life examples to appeal to all learners.
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dizzi_rd
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April 1,2025
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Woof- so much to take in in just 1 book. My only criticism is that this one book could have been 3- there’s just so much to absorb. I’m so glad I’m in a leadership development program that utilizes this book- it helps me absorb all this information in ways that I don’t think I could do through reading alone!
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duckyzzz
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April 1,2025
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Clear actionable resource for designing my life!

I chose this rating because this book integrates our passion and enthusiasm with our business and our lives. Specific processes and skills with a road map to mastery!
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vininadal
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April 1,2025
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The first 2/3 of the book is excellent, but the last third is just classic fill of success stories without any clear actions to take away besides "be emotionally intelligent".

What I liked about this book is the theory and application. The book starts out with introducing the 18 subskills of emotional intelligence under the four main skill groups (same as in most other books) and then map them against different management styles. I could definitely recognize many thanks examples from my own experience where a management style wasn't effective when the leader was missing one or more key emotional skills. After this book I was able to better diagnose those problems.

Don't expect the book to tell you how to improve your skills. Other books like, Emotional Intelligenfe 2.0 do a better job at that.

If it hadn't had all the filler stories in the end, it would have been a 5/5.

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andreajoestar
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April 1,2025
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Some of the anecdotes felts a little distant, but overall good guidance on how to be an Emotionally Intelligent leader:

Self Awareness
-Emotional self-awareness
-Accurate self-assessment
-Self-confidence

Self- Management
-Self-Control
-Transparency
-Adaptability
-Achievement
-Initiative
-Optimism

Social Awareness
-Empathy
-Organizational awareness
-Service

Relationship Management
-Inspriation
-Influence
-Developing others
-Change catalyst
-Conflict management
-Teamwork and collaboration
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Kami-Bot
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April 1,2025
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boss recommended this. explains his leadership style a lot. everybody should be like him
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