Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness

by Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis, Fran Johnston

Overview

What distinguishes great leaders? Exceptional leaders capture passion. They lead for real: from the heart, smart and focused on the future, and with a commitment to being their very best.

As Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis have shown in their bestselling books Primal Leadership and Resonant Leadership, they create resonance with others. Through resonance, leaders become attuned to the needs and dreams of people they lead. They create conditions where people can excel. They sustain their effectiveness through renewal.

McKee, Boyatzis, and Frances Johnston share vivid, real-life stories illuminating how people can develop emotional intelligence, build resonance, and renew themselves. Reflecting twenty years of longitudinal research and practical wisdom with executives and leaders around the world, this new book is organized around a core of experience-tested exercises. These tools help you articulate your strengths and values, craft a plan for intentional change, and create resonance with others.

Practical and inspiring, Becoming a Resonant Leader is your hands-on guide to developing emotional intelligence, renewing and sustaining yourself and your relationships, and taking your leadership to a whole new level. This book is ideal for anyone seeking personal and professional development and for consultants, coaches, teachers, and faculty to use with their clients or students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422117347
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	02/05/2008
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	467,058
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.30(h) x (d)

About the Author

Annie McKee is co-founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Richard Boyatzis is Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Case Western Reserve University. Frances Johnston is co-founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments     ix
Leading for Real: Becoming the Leader You Most Want to Be     1
Resonant Leadership: What It Takes     11
Listening to Your Wake Up Calls: Staying Awake, Aware, and Ready to Learn     45
Seeing Your Dream: Building an Energizing Personal Vision     69
Appreciating Your Real Self: Seeing the Whole Picture     109
Becoming a Resonant Leader: Taking Your Desires from Awareness into Action     151
Igniting Resonance: Creating Effectiveness in Teams, Organizations, and Communities     175
Notes     215
List of Exercises     225
Index     227
About the Authors     231