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What Is Emotional Intelligence in Leadership?

What is emotional intelligence in leadership? What four skills make up emotional intelligence? In their book, Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee explain that emotionally intelligent leaders have four specific skills. This differs slightly from the five skills Daniel Goleman lays out in his previous book, Emotional Intelligence. Here are the skills and microskills necessary to be an emotionally intelligent leader and a comparison to Goleman’s previous work.

How a Resonant Leadership Style Promotes Harmony

What is a resonant leadership style? How do resonant leaders affect their teams? Daniel Goleman, a co-author of Primal Leadership, coined the term “resonant leadership.” This means that an emotionally intelligent leader is able to influence their team’s emotions and lead them to success. Here’s how the resonant leadership style works and why team harmony is so important.

Why the Lack of Emotional Intelligence Creates Discord

What happens when leaders lack emotional intelligence? What effect can this have on their followers? Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions while also being able to understand and influence the emotions of others. The authors of Primal Leadership claim that emotional intelligence is the most important trait of a leader. Here’s what it looks like when leaders lack emotional intelligence.

Daniel Goleman’s 6 Leadership Styles, Explained

What are Daniel Goleman’s six leadership styles? How can you use these styles to instill harmony in your team? Daniel Goleman is an author, lecturer, and psychologist who focuses on behavioral science and the brain. In his co-authored book Primal Leadership, Goleman goes over the six leadership styles that can create group harmony. Here’s an overview of each one of the six leadership styles.

How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence in 5 Steps

Do you want to know how to improve emotional intelligence? How can you use self-directed learning to achieve this goal? Probably the most important trait a leader can have is emotional intelligence. It’s so important because a leader who is in tune with both her and her team member’s emotions can create a harmonious work environment—which leads to success. Here are the five steps you can take to improve your emotional intelligence level.

Primal Leadership: Book Advice for Group Leaders

Are you trying to become an emotionally intelligent leader? How can you create an emotionally intelligent culture at your company? In the book Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee explain that emotional intelligence in groups and organizations creates a harmonious work environment. They share clear steps on how to transform your company from one of discord to one of resonance. Here’s the Primal Leadership book advice on how to create an emotionally intelligent group.

How to Become an Industry Leader: 2 Bold Moves

Do you know how to become an industry leader? What skills and actions are required for your company to come out on top? The ultimate step in the journey toward enduring business success is to position yourself as an industry leader. This requires two bold moves: (1) take down your huge competitors and (2) become skilled in high-stakes negotiations. Patrick Bet-David discusses these steps in his book Your Next Five Moves. Read more to learn how to take these two steps.

How to Foster Emotional Intelligence at Work

Do you want your organization to become emotionally intelligent? How can you promote emotional intelligence at work? Changing an origination’s work culture is difficult, but the authors of Primal Leadership explain four steps to make your workplace more emotionally intelligent. This means that workers will have a better understanding of their own emotions and how to work with their coworkers. Here’s how to foster an emotionally intelligent workplace.

How to Scale a Business: 7 Parts of the Growth Process

Once your business is up and running, what should you do to keep it growing? How do you balance steady growth with aggressive growth? How can you stay alert to challenges? In his book Your Next Five Moves, Patrick Bet-David discusses seven steps in the business growth process. He explains how you should raise funds, find ways to grow both steadily and aggressively, press employees to grow along with the company, build and maintain momentum, track your growth using metrics, put your knowledge down on paper for posterity, and stay alert as you grow. Read more to learn how to

Elon Musk’s Attitude: The Importance of a DIY Mentality

What kind of attitude does Elon Musk have? How do you apply Elon Musk’s attitude to your own work? Elon Musk’s attitude all starts with a do-it-yourself mentality. The ability to take on multiple roles in his companies makes Musk an exceptional CEO, although once in a while it comes back to bite him. Keep reading to discover how Elon Musk’s attitude impacts his work and management style.