trippalli's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
4.0
I read this for a bookclub, I didn't expect much sleep I loved Goldman's initial 1990s book on emotional intelligence, but I was surprised at how helpful and easy to read it was.
I found in taking a leadership quiz that for top leadership skills 3 out of the 4 best leadership styles are the same as mine.. So it was validating. They cover 6 styles in the book, my quiz, through Toastmasters, was 8 styles...
The other 3 are affiliate,( relationship building, people over with goals) coaching (skill building through slower not demand) and democratic style (listening and finding team consensus... Team driven decision making)
Where the 4th they had is visionary my 4th is altruistic. So in still good with it!
I found in taking a leadership quiz that for top leadership skills 3 out of the 4 best leadership styles are the same as mine.. So it was validating. They cover 6 styles in the book, my quiz, through Toastmasters, was 8 styles...
The other 3 are affiliate,( relationship building, people over with goals) coaching (skill building through slower not demand) and democratic style (listening and finding team consensus... Team driven decision making)
Where the 4th they had is visionary my 4th is altruistic. So in still good with it!
chadkoh's review
3.0
I am of two minds with this book. On the one hand, there are some useful leadership frameworks and exercises, specifically:
1. The 4 domains of EI leadership and 18 competencies
2. The 6 styles of leadership (and when to use them)
3. 5 Discoveries in learning EI leadership
4. Basically all of chapter 7 (imagining your ideal self and associated free-writing exercises)
On the other this book does a lot of work trying to show bad bosses why they are bad, which can be painful to read. As the authors note, clueless leaders with no self-awareness or empathy communicate with "empty platitudes" and the "smokescreen" of business jargon, which just makes everyone more depressed. Between the genuinely useful chapters there are often chapters that merely serve as a "human manual" for sociopaths.
1. The 4 domains of EI leadership and 18 competencies
2. The 6 styles of leadership (and when to use them)
3. 5 Discoveries in learning EI leadership
4. Basically all of chapter 7 (imagining your ideal self and associated free-writing exercises)
On the other this book does a lot of work trying to show bad bosses why they are bad, which can be painful to read. As the authors note, clueless leaders with no self-awareness or empathy communicate with "empty platitudes" and the "smokescreen" of business jargon, which just makes everyone more depressed. Between the genuinely useful chapters there are often chapters that merely serve as a "human manual" for sociopaths.
jennp28's review against another edition
4.0
One of those "mostly common sense but common sense isn't so common" kind of books. Lots of real life examples of leadership gone bad and down right. Focusses on emotional intelligence and how it relates to leadership styles. Lots of underlineable one-liner summary points. Dumb title but well worth the read. Read it at work during down times so it took me forever but it's actually pretty readable.
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