Recommended reading

Article Type: Recommended reading From: Strategic HR Review, Volume 8, Issue 1

Becoming a Resonant LeaderAnnie McKee, Richard Boyatzis and Frances JohnstonHarvard Business PressISBN: 978-1-4221-1734-7

This book builds on the previously published books, Primal Leadershipand Resonant Leadership, by Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis, which discuss how successful leaders use emotional intelligence to create resonance with others. Being a resonant leader means being attuned to the needs and dreams of others, being able to create an environment where people can excel and listening and responding to life’s wake up calls. It is about having emotional and social intelligence and understanding how social systems work together to achieve goals. In this book the authors provide a clear process to help readers develop their emotional intelligence and become resonant leaders,to renew themselves and return to resonance, and to inspire others to be resonant leaders.

The book, which reflects the authors’ 20 years of research and work with executives, is designed to be a practical tool for personal and professional growth. It summarizes the authors’ key ideas and research in this area and includes examples of leaders who have successfully developed and sustained resonance. It contains transformative exercises that have been used with leaders around the world in a variety of different types of organizations. Designed to be used as a workbook, it is structured in a way that encourages readers to write in it and to move through the chapters as they work towards their goal of creating resonant leadership, with the order of the chapters designed to make the journey smoother.

A highly practical and useful read, this book helps put the latest leadership theory into practice and would make a highly useful tool for leadership training and development.

Sara NolanEditor, Strategic HR Review