Goleman teams with renowned El researchers Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee to explore the role of emotional intelligence in leadership. Unveiling neuroscientific links between organizational success or failure and "primal leadership," the authors argue that a leader's emotions are contagious. If a leader resonates energy ad enthusiasm, an organization thrives; if a leader spreads negativity and dissonace, it flounders. This breakthrough concept charges leaders with driving emotions in the right direction to have a positive impact on earnings or strategy.

Drawing from decades of analysis within world-class organizations, the authors show that resonant leaders - whether CEOs or managers, coaches, or politicians - excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using El competencies like empathy and self -awareness. And they employ up to six leadership styles - from visionary to coaching to pacesetting - fluidly interchanging them as the situation demands.