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.

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.

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!

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!

So many great takeaways!

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.

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

boss recommended this. explains his leadership style a lot. everybody should be like him

I liked this book. There are many great insights given about leadership. I thought it was not as expansive and inclusive of other leadership styles that could fit within the topic of higher EQ. Still, I learned a great deal and am happy for reading it.

There are many books on the market these days describing leadership skills, but I thought this one had some particularly good insights. It places less emphasis on values like intelligence, vision, and strategy; and more on "emotional intelligence" - enthusiasm, empathy, relationship management, intuitive understanding. Using many real-world examples, the author tries to define and explain those key qualities. Good leaders bring out "resonance" among a team, while poor ones create "dissonance."

Goleman acknowledges that leadership can't be fully taught in seminars and programs; it requires real-world practice. He emphasizes the role of mentors, coaches, and teachers in that process. Leaders who are "emotionally intelligent" will use leadership skills and styles that are "resonance-building" and will create more positive environments.

I found much to think about in this volume, both in the vocational world and in church settings.

A great book that raises the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership and overall organizational success. Promotes the idea that true leaders are made, not born, and gives a practical framework for building great leadership skills and scaling these approaches to the organization level.
This book helped me to understand the nature of bottlenecks in the company and ways to move to the next level.

I have now read all of Goleman's books. They principally say the same thing which is that emotional intelligence is often more important and more effective than cognitive intelligence alone. After about 1,200 pages of getting the point drilled into my head, hopefully subconciously I've gained some insight and concepts I can practice. They use a myriad of examples. Which is great but my ability to retain it lacks because as I'm reading I'm not visualizing anything as the authors aren't really telling a story unlike a good novel does which produces images with words and therefore people's ability is higher to retain. So all in all, I get the points needed I think and I'm glad I read it. I need to be empathetic and resonant in my leadership.