GCORR Book Study Guide: For Small Groups & Individual Reflection
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Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, & Annie McKee
Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee name emotional intelligence as the most potent key ingredient in being a leader and leading well. The authors discuss how this type of intelligence is more important than one’s IQ – intelligence quotient – exercising adaptability, creating and navigating organizational cultural shifts, and leading organizations through crises well. Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee name mastery of self-awareness and self-management, as well as social and organizational awareness, as essential to being an emotionally intelligent leader.
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How To Use This Study
This book study guide follows the structure of the book:
- Part I: The Power of Emotional Intelligence (Chapters 1-5)
- Chapter 1 – Primal Leadership
- Chapter 2 – Resonant Leadership
- Chapter 3 – The Neuroanatomy of Leadership
- Chapter 4 – The Leadership Repertoire
- Chapter 5 – The Dissonant Styles
- Part II: Making Leaders (Chapters 6-8)
- Chapter 6 – Becoming a Resonant Leader
- Chapter 7 – The Motivation to Change
- Chapter 8 – Metamorphosis
- Part III: Building Emotionally Intelligent Organizations (Chapters 9-11)
- Chapter 9 – The Emotional Reality of Teams
- Chapter 10 – Reality and The Ideal Vision
- Chapter 11 – Creating Sustainable Change
Parts I-III may be completed in two weeks each for a six-week study or in ten weeks by engaging two to three chapters in each part each week. Each session opens with a prayer, scripture verse, or opening quotation from the book. Additionally, each session has only five questions due to the dense subject of the text. We invite you to take your time discussing the questions and reflecting on them.
