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Books like Resonant Leadership
The best books like Resonant Leadership are Primal Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Dare to Lead. Resonant Leadership by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee is about emotional intelligence, leadership renewal, resonance. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Primal Leadership
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Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee · Business
Primal Leadership is the application of emotional intelligence to organizational leadership, written by Daniel Goleman with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee.
Both dig into emotional intelligence.
Read the summary → - Emotional Intelligence
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Daniel Goleman · Psychology
Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, published in 1995, made a widely influential argument: that the cluster of abilities involved in managing emotions — self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skill — predicts life outcomes at least as well as IQ, and possibly better in many domains.
Both dig into emotional intelligence.
Read the summary → - Dare to Lead
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Brené Brown · Business
Dare to Lead is Brené Brown's application of her research on vulnerability and courage to the specific context of leadership.
A kindred business read.
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- Leaders Eat Last
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Simon Sinek · Business
Leaders Eat Last is Simon Sinek's argument that the best organizations run on a feeling he calls the Circle of Safety — an environment where people trust that the people above them in the hierarchy have their interests at heart.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - An Everyone Culture
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Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey · Business
An Everyone Culture introduces what Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey call the Deliberately Developmental Organization — a company designed around the idea that the work of personal growth and the work of business performance are not separate activities but the same thing.
Both dig into leadership development.
Read the summary → - Co-Active Coaching
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Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth · Business
Co-Active Coaching presents the model developed at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), which has trained more professional coaches than any other organization in the world.
Both dig into leadership development.
Read the summary → - Mindful Leadership
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Maria Gonzalez · Business
Mindful Leadership is Maria Gonzalez's argument that mindfulness practice is not a wellness accessory for leaders but a core performance tool.
Both dig into mindfulness.
Read the summary → - The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp · Business
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership is organized around a single distinction: whether a leader is operating from "above the line" (open, curious, committed to learning) or "below the line" (defensive, closed, committed to being right).
Both dig into emotional intelligence.
Read the summary → - The 5 Levels of Leadership
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John C. Maxwell · Business
The 5 Levels of Leadership is John C.
Both dig into leadership development.
Read the summary → - The Extraordinary Leader
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John H. Zenger and Joseph Folkman · Business
The Extraordinary Leader is one of the more research-grounded leadership books of its era.
Both dig into leadership development.
Read the summary → - The Leadership Pipeline
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Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel · Business
The Leadership Pipeline describes a framework for how leaders develop through six distinct career passages, each requiring a fundamental shift in time application, work values, and skill requirements.
Both dig into leadership development.
Read the summary → - The Mind of the Leader
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Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter · Business
The Mind of the Leader makes a straightforward claim: the leadership crisis in most organizations is not a skills problem but a mental habits problem.
Both dig into mindfulness.
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Books like Resonant Leadership: quick answers
What are the best books like Resonant Leadership?
The best books like Resonant Leadership by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee are Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, An Everyone Culture by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Resonant Leadership, such as emotional intelligence, leadership renewal, resonance.
What should I read after Resonant Leadership?
A natural next read after Resonant Leadership is Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. Both dig into emotional intelligence. Other strong choices are Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek.
What books are similar to Resonant Leadership by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee?
Resonant Leadership centers on emotional intelligence, leadership renewal, resonance. Books with a similar feel include Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, An Everyone Culture by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey, Co-Active Coaching by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
