Customer Reviews
This is Primal Leadership, so don't buy them both - By: P. A. Dourado, 24 Mar 2007 
This is a very good book. It's uncannily like Primal Leadership. In fact, it's the same book. The publisher, inexplicably, given the power of the title 'Primal Leadership', called it 'The New Leaders' for the UK market. So, I'm only posting this to say don't mistakenly buy it twice under its different titles...
Goleman's best book yet - start here! - By: Andy Smith, 14 Sep 2004 
Goleman's latest book is his best yet. It's considerably more compact & readable than the rather sprawling "Working With Emotional Intelligence", & his model of EI has now become more coherent.
The previous five 'competences' of emotional intelligence have now become four: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, & Relationship Management. Motivation has been folded into Self-Managementin the new model.
The book is particularly concerned with applying emotional intelligence to corporate leadership - a vital question as teams & organisations tend to take their emotional tone from their leaders.
It includes an inventory of six different leadership styles, from "Commanding" to "Visionary", with their different effects & ideas on when each is appropriate. It also includes Boyatzis' model for self-directed learning (a very useful coaching model), loads of advice for building emotional intelligencein teams & organisations, & what research actually has shown to workin goal setting. The writing style will be familiar to readers of Goleman's previous books - each element of the EI model is illustrated by stories from the business world & lashings of well-sourced scientific & psychological backup.
A welcome innovation is the inclusion of a few helpful "how-to" tips (on, for example, establishing your vision for the future & setting sustainable goals), which have been lackingin previous books.
How good is this book? Well, it finally convinced me to stump up two grand to become an accredited deliverer of the Goleman/Hay Group Emotional Competence Inventory - their 360 emotional intelligence assessment for leaders & key professionals - & I'm very glad I did.
great leadership insights - By: Cheryl Burnside, 13 Aug 2003 Have been looking for ideas about leaders & how they work. Some of Goleman's ideas are great, & also help understand how American bosses & leaders work based on those he examines. Another good book on American leaders & leadership is "Working with Americans" (Stewart-Allen, Denslow) which was very humourous & one I dippedin & out of often. An important subject & worth watching the Americans since their trends usually end up herein Europe at some point.
Great Stuff! - By: Mad Max, 20 Apr 2003 Having already been introduced to the concepts of Emotional Intelligence (EI), I was recommended to read this book by a colleague & I am glad I did. It is practical, contains real detail about the pros & cons of EI (backed up by scientific research) & some excellent tips for implementing the change within yourself, your team & your organisation! If you have an interestin EI then buy this book.
Really good.... - By: , 25 Aug 2002 I've read other leadership books but this was the first one I've read based on EQ that also presented some scientific concepts behind leadership development. More detail on the "how to" for team & organisational level leadership would be great. I really enjoyed it & would recommend it.
