Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence Paperback – Illustrated, 8 Aug. 2013

Having worked within many large and consequently complex organisations, from the public sector to the private commercial businesses, the area that was most often neglected in any sort of training and development were what most leaders referred to as those 'soft skills' or 'people skills' - A favorite phrase I was exposed to was 'you've either got it or you haven't' or 'you can't measure soft skills, so what use is training in them, if you can't see the return on investment'......It's taken me a while and perhaps because I stepped into the abyss, right out of my comfort zone and became my own boss in the biggest adventure of my life thus far.... but at last this book 'Primal leadership' originally written and appealing to the US market, Retitled for the UK market 'New Leaders, Transforming the Art of Leadership' provides the evidence base and framework from which to diagnose those emotional intelligent or unintelligent 'soft skills' we individually and as a team posess, how they impact on our very being and what we can do about it.....Daniel Golman has successfully collaborated with his peers and colleagues to make the scientific language of research that so often gets in the way of greater understanding, accessible and meaningful with great use of case studies. I originally bought the audio book of this as in my own journey to greater Emotional and Social Intelligence, I recognised my predominant learning style is auditory...it made such an impact on my thinking, I wanted the hard copy so I could read, digest and make notes in the pages....This also lead me to become licensed and accredited to deliver the Emotional and Social Competancy Inventory (ESCI) 360 feedback tool within my own Personal and Professional development programs designed for Sales individuals, teams and Leaders ........ Awesome resource for Leaders who are open to understanding the wider picture and questioning the norms of 'it's always been done this way' thinking.

This book really challenges views on how leadership is performed. Quotes mistakes made by CEO's who have misjudged their staffs emotional state and underestimated the impact of their own. Being emotionally intelligent means more effective and resonant leadership whichever job you are leader in. An essential read for managers.

Nice book. I just gave this to my son to read as he gets ready for corporate life after university

This book first introduced me to the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and it was not something I had consciously appreciated before, but boy is he right.I see it time and time again in business, where even extremely intelligent (IQ) people will make a complete mess of a situation, as they are unable to read people correctly or communicate in an effective manner. It can be said they hold a low EQ which can be expressed as lack of empathy, misunderstanding people and miss reading situations etc.This is why some of the great leaders, have not necessarily been academically brilliant, but they understand people and know how to connect with them in a meaningful way.The good news is Emotional Intelligence can be grown and this book does a fantastic job in helping the reader develop EQ in a leadership setting.

This audio CD (all 7 of them!) were a real inspiration to me. I will no doubt be listening to them again and again to consolidate and build on the application of Emotional Intelligence. What makes this so captivating is the regular examples of leadership styles within organisations. I have already recommended this audio CD/book to friends and colleagues.

Great book shame about it proof reading

This is a Great book and enjoyable too although could have more practical ways to teach the reader how to acrually change their stile.

If you are having problems with your management and leadership style - you dont know what you are doing wrong (or you do, but dont know how to resolve the issue) then this book is a must!