Resonant Leader was much more to the point. This book went on and on about the same thing

This book was helpful to me, it had good advice and helped me clarify some thoughts and feelings I've been having around leadership that I had not previously been able to articulate. Goleman argues that one of the most important jobs of a leader is to regulate the emotional atmosphere of the community. Emotions are contagious, and people look to their leaders to set the mood and emotional tone. He also shows that effective leadership is a skill set that can be chosen and learned -- that good lea...

Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence - the book's subject is truly interesting and worth exploring. However, once you read the major part of it, there's almost nothing new - just the same repeated idea that emotional intelligence is important. Thus the book could be so much shorter. This book is highly theoretical and severely lacks touches on practical learning (although might be not bad at creating motivation to learn and search for information somewhere else).

Some powerful and groundbreaking ideas, ruined by uninspired writing, and buried under a mountain of weak examples and pointless study summaries.It is ironic that a book about Emotional Intelligence was written with so little Emotional Intelligence: the result is as interesting as reading my grocery list. Sadly, an extraordinary topic becomes dull and frustrating.The book was written by different people, and it shows: while a few parts are exciting and engaging, other chapters are boring and har...

Class assignment: I created a blog for this book at http://primalleadershipbookreview.blo... that contains videos form the authors and other reviews about this book. According to the book PRIMAL LEADERSHIP REALIZING THE POWER OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, it takes emotional intelligence (EI) to be an effective leader. The book discusses what emotional intelligence is and gives many examples of the positive effect of six different leadership style...

I read this book on the recommendation of a mentor. As a church leader, I realize I'm just dipping my toe into the vast sea of business leadership literature with this book. Still, the relevance of this book for congregational leadership is immediately obvious. The authors propose that emotions matter enormously for leadership, and that leaders ignore emotional realities in themselves and the organizations with whom they lead at their own peril. This means the "Primal Task" of leadership is emot...

Another very enjoyable book based on neuroscience -- here, the authors argue that the number one, original and most important role of a leader is emotional. Humans are very social -- we're entirely constructed that way and we even automatically copy the posture, mood and expressions of those with whom we are connecting with, even heart rate! "We rely on connections with other people for our own emotional stability" and our limbic systems connect to each other. People take their cues from leaders...

Like most business books, this one probably has some utility in the business world, but it would be stupid, pointless, and dangerous to apply a lot of it to non-profits, education, or public service.Anyone who reads it will likely find something they can take away from it, although for a lot of us, that takeaway will be that we should scorched earth our entire personalities and start over in order to be successful as leaders (in the business world), which is depressing and demeaning, but there i...

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."Go...

I am of two minds with this book. On the one hand, there are some useful leadership frameworks and exercises, specifically:1. The 4 domains of EI leadership and 18 competencies2. The 6 styles of leadership (and when to use them)3. 5 Discoveries in learning EI leadership4. Basically all of chapter 7 (imagining your ideal self and associated free-writing exercises)On the other this book does a lot of work trying to show bad bosses why they are bad, which can be painful to read. As the authors note...

Mixed feelings about this.1) The first half of the book was awesome - the framework of leadership styles, and the personal leadership development plan.2) The second half of the book - about organization-level EI leadership development - was a complete bore. It was itself what it most criticised: lengthy stream of nice-sounding but rather empty words, quite non-inspirational and intangible. "In this company they ran a program X and everybody was transformed, in that company they ran program Y and...

Daniel Goolman is a psychologist who has researched and written extensively on the topic of emotional intelligence. His first book aptly titled “Emotional Intelligence” was written in 1995 and is widely regarded as a pioneering work in the field. This book quickly became a bestseller and the material has been extensively used and quoted in many leadership development courses. Since then, he has written several other books on different areas of emotional intelligence. In another previous book, “

Originally published in 2002, it is easy for me to think there isn't a lot that is new. The reason being is that much of what this book contains formed the foundation for so much subsequent discussion, writing and thought in leadership and emotional intelligence. The book works through several sections: I. The Power of Emotional Intelligence (discusses how EI traits impact leadership and behavior); II. Making Leaders (how can one improve EI and leadership skills); and III. Building Emotionally I...

This book gets full marks in my opinion, but I would mention that it is not for everyone. This book is idea if you 1) already have worked in a few organizations enough to experience a variety of leadership styles 2) you have attempted and both failed and succeeded in some area of leadership. This book is then perfect and provides great examples on how to move forward. At the center of this book is a belief in the plasticity of the human mind.I disagree that one should just read the first and las...

The author talks about the importance of emotional intelligence in different leadership positions. It gives good examples and study cases why having high EI is good for the general performance and well being of the teams he is part of. A very good thing that I learned from the book is the fact that you need to switch different leadership styles depending on the situation, and don't just apply a leadership style that you are good at, because you can do more harm than good even if you have the bes...

3.5+ starsEmotional Intelligence has become the new catch-phrase in the working world. But what's it really all about? Is it worth the hype?Well... there are certainly insightful moments in this book. But perhaps because Emotional Intelligence IS such a by-word in the work world, when I read it, I didn't find anything new or extraordinary about it. Probably because I'd already heard about the aspects of emotional intelligence. And I wanted more than just the plain facts... more about how to APPL...

I DIDN'T FINISH THIS.I got through about 36-40% and had to stop. My god is it redundant. I probably absorbed a little, but nothing I couldn't have learned in a 1-5 page summary of the book- and I took extensive notes. In the end the absolutely terrible writing distracted me far too much from any real learning.This book will likely be better for people who don't already have a psych degree and who do have far more patience than I do. I mean, some people like repetition to make sure a message real...

Good summary of leadership stylesA 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...

This is one of the better books on leadership development that I've read. The content is definitely 5 stars but since the writing style is academic, it's not the most fun reading. It would be great for a class or an executive coaching program. Imagine what a writer like Malcolm Gladwell could do for this book!Here are some of my thoughts and observations: -The focus is very much on the development of emotionally intelligent leadership and how important such leaders are to successful organization...

I’m a little surprised that this rating isn’t higher.First, I have to say that I listened to the audiobook. And the audiobook was great! This is an excellent book about leadership!There are so many leadership books out there, but this one covers some key topics that others miss - “buy-in” and why leadership training often fails. Those are two important topics that are not discussed as much as they should be. This is important, because if you don’t know the potential problems of your leadership t...