Primal Leadership

The Emotional Impulses That Poison Healthy Teams

July 23, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Annie McKee for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Daniel Goleman on “What Makes a Leader?”

July 9, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic essay by Daniel Goleman that has been reprinted by Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Daniel Goleman: Focus on the problem, not the person

March 6, 2013

Here’s a brief article written by Daniel Goleman and featured by LinkedIn. * * * Think back to a difficult situation you had to navigate at work. Were you able to distinguish the problem from the person? If not, you’re…

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Dan Goleman on Managing “The Dark Side of Charisma”

February 16, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Daniel Goleman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Good managers are easy to spot. “Besides intelligence and a knack…

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Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence, a book review by Bob Morris

February 1, 2013

Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Selected Writings Daniel Goleman More Than Sound (2011) How leaders can “help people to get and stay in the brain zone [flow] where they can work at their Best” What we have in this…

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Daniel Goleman on “How to Find Your Flow”

January 27, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Daniel Goleman and featured by LinkedIn. *      *       * Where we want to be on the Yerkes-Dodson arc is the zone of optimal performance, known as “flow” in the research…

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LEADERSHIP: A Master Class

January 9, 2013

I have just learned about a new series of DVD programs, produced by More Than Sound, and hosted by Daniel Goleman. The video collection also includes a bonus interview with Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Sustainability at the MIT Sloan…

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