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Primal Leadership
- Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Categories: Business & Careers, Management & Leadership
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Publisher's Summary
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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- Simone
- 04-01-2020
Valuable Wisdom
Really enjoyed the content of this book. It resonated with my experience. Looking forward to putting it into practice. Will have to get a hard copy of the book and read it a few times to absorb all the great advice to action. Thank you for this work. This book, Dare to Lead by Brene Brown and The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni are the best books I've read and implemented from relating to leadership and organisational health and success.
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- Luke
- 20-07-2019
one of the best leadership books I've read
A great book with practical application and a structured process for improving organisational leadership capabilities and culture.
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- Giles
- 31-08-2017
Thought provoking
Excellent book with slots of relevant real world examples where leaders have won. Covers many different thoughts on effective leadership
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- Colin Grigg
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Life Changing
Great hearing about these new concepts and see how well they fit into many areas in need of change in our own organisation where an answer to our problems just didn't seem to exist. Just found some ideas a little hard to grasp, but overall a great book.
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- Mike
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This opened my eyes
I started listening to this book one weekend, while I was hanging suspended ceiling in my basement. There were several times, that afternoon, that I found myself just standing there listening instead of working on my project.
The author helped me realize that my management style had evolved over the years and I had become the manager that I would not want to work for. His analogy of the frog boiling in water was me.
I have since made a conscious effort to become the manager that I was when I began my career. I revisit this book occasionally, to remind myself.
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- Michael
- 24-02-2005
A must read
I will start with a caveat: This is long - and at times the focus on the actual functioning of the brain is a bit to indepth - so buckle down because it is a must read. It provides a data based approach to management and leadership, and should be a key reading of all new managers, executives and leaders. Too often, the market is filled with 'how I did it' books, which neglect to note that how the author did it is not universally applicable. By understanding all of the different style, you will learn to pick the styles that are appropriate for your situation and personality
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- Lee
- 24-02-2004
Buy this one...
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!!
9 people found this helpful
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- Ulrich
- 25-09-2004
A little too lenghty
If you have read about emotional intelligence before, this book doesn't give you lots of new insights. But it's an excellent introduction on today's leadership skill requirements.
4 people found this helpful
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- William Munroe
- 06-06-2019
Academic Presentation
Great information. presented very academically. Reads like a thesis. Presentation was pretty dry - likely because of the way the book was written. I'll be purchasing in book form for reference, and I may have been better off reading than listening to this one .
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- dgo
- 16-04-2019
I was hoping for guidance not statistics
I have read the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman and was hoping this book would build upon the knowledge gleaned from that book to help me be a better leader in my business. Perhaps I am not patient enough, but 5 hours into this book I am learning a lot of statistics, but not a lot of application of the principles that can help translate into skills I can use through EI. Apparently I am not ready for Primal Leadership because I need more "how to's".
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- Simon
- 08-12-2005
Good book, Hard to listen to.
This is a good book. Very valuable and important information. But it's tough to listen to. I think it would make a better read.
5 people found this helpful
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- Marcus Vorwaller
- 01-07-2005
Good content, hard to listen to
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.
7 people found this helpful
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- Positive*j
- 04-11-2018
Very good material
The information presented is tough to get through in audible form. I have the book as well and with the two forms, it is more manageable. The performance was fine but because of the topic, I found my mind wandering at times. I intend to listen to this again as I think it takes several reads to digest fully. I am a big believer in emotional intelligence and this book gives great in-depth insight into EQ. Definitely recommend.
1 person found this helpful
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- Terri
- 29-09-2017
Highly recommended book on Emotional Intelligence
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.
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- Pen Name
- 31-12-2017
Great book on leadership
This is a great book on leadership, I have read three books from D. Goleman and really enjoyed them all.
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- SHAHEN
- 26-05-2017
Good book however too long winded
Now that I have listened to this whole book I feel it could have been summarised better. Each chapter was based on a number of different stories with no summary near the end.
One would have to go through the book repeatedly and pick out their own parts that would resonate with them. The problem here lies with Audible chapter summary which has no index only chapter numbers hence making it near impossible to find the right area you would need
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- Garyfallia
- 18-09-2014
Leadership seen as a relationship
Would you listen to Primal Leadership again? Why?
I will definetely listen to it many more times . It has so many practical daily applications.
A must for all people. We all deal with humans. The tips given in this book make us more effective and happy.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
This book is a handbook and makes you reflect on dialy issues
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-04-2013
Well recommended
I would like to recommend this book to anyone who is looking to improve their knowledge of management techniques. It is simple to read and therefore understand and presents some challenging concepts that need to be understood. These can easily be applied to the working enviroment without any considerable challenges.
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did and look forward to seeing your own reviews of this book at a later date.
Enjoy!
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- Olga
- 05-12-2019
Not for a beginner manager
Not recommended for first time managers, not enough actionable tips. Most of the examples are about executive level managers.
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- Rude K.
- 14-08-2018
Wow! They should teach this in schools
Simply brilliant!!!
I've been à manager fort 14 years and this is probably the most useful reading I have done.
It's clear, it makes sense and it blows your mind.
I feel so much stronger already and my mind is clearer on where I want to take my team and what I need to do to get there
Thank you
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- George
- 05-07-2018
Actually useful
Contrary to many other EI books this one is actually very useful and the ideas and mindsets in the book can easily be applicable in the workplace
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- MikeY
- 18-01-2017
50/50
50% covered in other books but worth a listen for the other 50%. highlights the more human dynamics of change and leadership.
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