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Primal Leadership

Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

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Primal Leadership

By: Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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Daniel Goleman's international best seller Emotional Intelligence forever changed our concept of "being smart," showing how emotional intelligence (EI) - how we handle ourselves and our relationships - can determine life success more than IQ. Then, Working with Emotional Intelligence revealed how stellar career performance also depends on EI.

Now, Goleman teams with renowned EI researchers Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee to explore the role of emotional intelligence in leadership. Unveiling neuroscientific links between organizational success or failure and "primal leadership," the authors argue that a leader's emotions are contagious. If a leader resonates energy and enthusiasm, an organization thrives; if a leader spreads negativity and dissonance, it flounders.

Drawing from decades of analysis, the authors show that resonant leaders excel not just through skill and smarts but also by connecting with others, using EI competencies such as empathy and self-awareness. And they employ up to six leadership styles - from visionary to coach to pacesetter - fluidly interchanging them as the situation demands. The program no leader in any walk of life can afford to miss, this unforgettable work transforms the art of leadership into the science of results.

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Featured Article: 55+ Powerful and Inspiring Quotes to Guide Your Leadership Journey


What makes a great leader? While leadership styles vary, most experts agree that the best leaders have key characteristics in common. Gathered from a wide range of audiobooks—classic novels, management guides, sci-fi thrillers, political memoirs, and more—this collection of quotes reinforces and reflects on seven hallmarks of every great leader. These quotes offer insights to help you develop core leadership qualities and rise to the calling.

Featured Article 55+ Powerful and Inspiring Quotes to Guide Your Leadership Journey
Practical Leadership Insights • Data-based Approach • Exceptional Narration • Valuable Management Principles
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This book gives various examples and goes into the many aspects that must be worked on for long lasting changes. Essential for any serious leader!

Building resonance is key!

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An amazingly simple premise with profound implications, common sense that is incredibly uncommon. A must read for leaders of all stripes, from parents to teachers to business managers. Highly recommended.

amazing

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Some powerful principles but at times it felt lost in lackluster examples and navigating large company bureaucracy. I only read this because an MIT professor said I should.

Better to just read summary

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I think that the book has a lot of good content, but I found it hard to get into--the first 3 chapters didn't seem to say much, the next few were excellent, but after a few hours it seemed to get repetitive. If I lost my place it was very difficult to find it again because I felt like I'd heard all of it before.

I plan on listening to it again, only this time I'm going to break it down into smaller pieces which I'll listen to over a period of a month or two. The content is good, the narrator is fine, but the book seemed a repetitive and drawn out to me.

Good content, hard to listen to

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This is a must listen book for any person who is a leader or anyone involved in developing current and future leaders. It is easy to understand and very insightful.

Highly recommended book on Emotional Intelligence

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I almost liked all research, examples, and success and failure stories
Great book to read over and over again

Great tool for self development

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I knew emotions were contagious but this really put things into prospective in leadership. Thanks for the hope that leaders can learn more emotional intelligence and the steps to do so! I feel emboldened and have work to do!

Loved the different leader styles and tips

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This offers several very intersting points of view. It confirms the belief that it takes more than IQ to really excel and clearly points out the strengths and gaps in several different styles of leadership. It challenges you to think about and evaluate your style of leadership to see where you might improve. I highly recommend this book!!

Buy this one...

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I wish my high school taught this. who knows where my career or life could be, had I known about the emotional intelligence competencies back then. I've been in the military 15 years, and have not heard about these leadership styles.

Wish my high school taught this

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this book should be mandatory reading for all management programs regardless of seniority level. Additionally, the book should be read by all current leaders at all levels.

must read for all professional/ potential leaders

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