Primal Leadership, Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Primal Leadership, Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
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Primal Leadership
Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Author: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2003


Synopsis

Daniel Goleman's international bestseller Emotional Intelligence changed our concept of "being smart," proving that emotional intelligence—how we handle ourselves and our relationships—matters more than IQ or technical skill in educational success. His next bestseller, Working with Emotional Intelligence, proved that career success also depends primarily on emotional intelligence.

Now, Goleman teams with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, experts on emotional intelligence research, to explore the consequences of emotional intelligence for leaders and organizations. The authors argue that a leader's emotions are contagious, and must resonate energy and enthusiasm if an organization is to thrive.

Through analyses and examples, the authors show that resonant leaders excel not just through industry savvy but by leveraging emotional intelligence competencies like empathy and self-awareness. They also adopt varying leadership styles—from visionary to coaching to commanding—as the situation demands.

Identifying the ways in which resonant leadership can be learned, the authors show how leaders can groom personal and organizational emotional intelligence to ignite outstanding performance. This audiobook transforms the art of leadership into the science of results.

About Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., covered behavioral and brain sciences for the New York Times for twelve years and is co-director for the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University. He has taught at Harvard, his alma mater, and addresses groups and businesses around the world. He is the author of Emotional Intelligence: Working with Emotional Intelligence, and The Meditative Mind, and is co-author of Primal Leadership and Destructive Emotions.

About Arthur Morey

Arthur Morey has recorded countless audiobooks, including titles by such authors as M. Scott Peck, John Updike, Richard Russo, Anne Tyler, and John Irving. He attended Harvard and the University of Chicago and has taught performance and writing at Fordham, Northwestern, and the Art Institute of Chicago.  Arthur has appeared in a host of off-Broadway and off-Loop productions.  He has won three AudioFile Magazine 'Best Of' Awards: in 2011 for BIOGRAPHY & HISTORY, in for History & Historical Fiction, and in 2009 for Nonfiction & Culture.  His work has also garnered multiple AudioFile Earphones awards, and he has been nominated for an Audie Award.

About Richard Boyatzis

Richard Boyatzis is Professor and Chair of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Polly on June 22, 2008

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 communi......more

Goodreads review by Davy on April 14, 2017

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 rea......more

Goodreads review by Sander on February 06, 2018

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: len......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on June 19, 2018

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 secti......more

Goodreads review by Kim on August 12, 2010

Class assignment: I created a blog for this book at [URL not allowed] 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 M......more


Quotes

“Vivid examples from the authors' consulting practice make the program move along quickly. Going beyond academic thinking, the authors offer many suggestions on how to apply their ideas to various companies with different needs and internalized histories. Paced here for easy comprehension, the audio is a reminder that all team efforts are more effective when every person on the team is respected and guided with informed authority.” —AudioFile