DANIEL GOLEMAN

RICHARD BOYATZIS
ANNIE MCKEE

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead

with Emotional Intelligence
 Author(s)’ qualifications:

Daniel Goleman
 World renown Speaker on leadership
 Author of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership
Richard Boyatzis
 Professor Weather-head School of Management
 15 years of background research on emotional leadership
Annie McKee
 Faculty at University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of
Education
 Consultant to business leaders worldwide to transform to
emotionally intelligent leaders
 Target Audience:

Executives
Managers
Team Leaders
 Purpose of book:

To illustrate the emotional impact caused by what a

leader says or does:

 Main job of leadership is emotional

 Negative emotions can disrupt work
 When people feel good, they work at their best, especially in
teams.
 The leader’s emotional state and actions affect the people that
they lead and how well these people perform.
 Importance of creating “resonance” with followers
 Did Authors Achieve Objectives?:

Looking at leadership in a new way:

Emotional Intelligence:
 Personal Competence : (Managing Ourselves)

 Self Awareness: understanding own emotions & impact of those emotions

 Self Management: Keeping emotions under control by being flexible &
optimistic

 Social Competence: (Managing relationships)

 Social Awareness: Sensing and understanding others’ emotions

 Relationship Management: Motivation with vision, developing others,
teambuilding
 Competencies:

Four competencies of Emotional Intelligence:

1. Drive to achieve results

2. The ability to take initiative
3. Skillful in collaboration and teamwork
4. Ability to lead teams
 Strengths of the book:

Authors clear in describing how important emotional

intelligence is as part of leading people.
 Most at management level do not understand this
 Studies and research performed regarding physiologic
principles-brain activity/limbic system as proof of
usefulness of E.I.
Strongest lesson is that anyone can be a good leader
 Must have the desire
 Shortcomings of the book:

Emotional Intelligence is very important as part of

being a leader, but:
 a leader of today must possess many qualities and traits that
include being a good communicator, visionary, flexible and
influential.

Too in depth, very long book that could have been

made much shorter and more simplistic.
 Recommend the book?
For whom and what circumstances:

I would recommend Primal Leadership: Learning to

lead with emotional intelligence to all Leaders,
inside and outside of Healthcare

Emotional Intelligence is a crucial aspect of anyone

wanting to become a successful leader in today’s
society.
 References:

Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., McKee, A., (2002). Primal Leadership:

Realizing the power of emotional intelligence [eBook Edition] ISBN:
978-1-591-39184-5