Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

If…you have yet to think about the power of emotions in the workplace, Primal Leadership is mandatory reading. Daniel Goleman of Rutgers University joins with Richard Boyatzis, of Case Western Reserve and Annie McKee of the University of Pennsylvania to expand upon the benefits of emotional intelligence described in Daniel Goleman’s best selling book Emotional Intelligence (1995). Primal Leadership makes a case for emotionally attuned leaders and why they bring out more in their employees than commanding and pace-setting leaders. We learn that successful leaders resonate on an emotional level with their employees, whereas dissonant leaders by contrast, have shortcomings that undermine their firm’s potential for success.