Richard E. Boyatzis is dedicated to researching and fostering sustained, desired change across all levels of human endeavor. His work, drawing on Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and complexity theory, explores how individuals, teams, and entire societies achieve and maintain positive transformation. Boyatzis's publications delve into crucial themes of leadership, emotional intelligence, and competency development, offering profound insights into the processes of management and human potential cultivation. His approach emphasizes the intersection of psychological principles with practical strategies for effective and enduring change.
Filled with probing questions and exercises that encourage self-reflection, this powerful and practical book will forever change the way coaches, managers, teachers, and parents think about and practice what they do when they try to help.
This is the book that established "emotional intelligence" in the business lexicon--and made it a necessary skill for leaders. Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities, business and medical schools, and professional training programs, and by a growing legion of professional coaches. This refreshed edition, with a new preface by the authors, vividly illustrates the power--and the necessity--of leadership that is self-aware, empathic, motivating, and collaborative in a world that is ever more economically volatile and technologically complex. It is even timelier now than when it was originally published. From bestselling authors Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, this groundbreaking book remains a must-read for anyone who leads or aspires to lead
As business reinvents itself at broadband speed, what makes leaders effective has inevitably been transformed. Old assumptions and old modes no longer hold; a new style of leadership that works has emerged amidst the chaos of change. This new leader excels in the art of relationship, the singular expertise which the changing business climate renders indispensable. Excellence is being defined in interpersonal terms as companies have stripped out layers of managers, as corporations merge across national boundaries, and as customers and suppliers redefine the web of connection. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman argues that emotionally intelligent leaders are now 'must-haves' for business today. But many readers have been left with, So now what do I do? The New Leaders answers that question by laying out the map for transforming leadership in individuals, in teams and organisations.