What is the definition of leadership?

Cover this book: Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2013). Primal Leadership: Unleashing the power of emotional intelligence. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

 What is the definition of leadership?

1. What is the argument that leaders are “born?”
2. What is the argument that leaders are “made?”
3. Know the behavioral model theory of leadership.
4. Know the contingency theory of leadership.
5. Know the components of Hersey and Blanchard’s LEAD instrument, the four styles of leadership and what is emphasized, and what is not, in each.
6. What influences the appropriate selection of a style?
7. Know what groupthink is; why is it dangerous; how might it be prevented?
8. Know how groupthink might lead to ethical abuses. What motive for ethical abuse would be most clearly aligned with groupthink?   
9. Goleman argues that “emotions spread like viruses” that “laughter is contagious,” and that negative emotions “hijack” attention from work. What does he mean by these statements and what kinds of effect do they have on teams, workplaces and decision making?
10. What does Goleman mean by resonance and discordant leaders?
11. What attributes characterize an emotionally intelligent leader?
12. What are the four styles of leadership that Goleman argues might increase performance and what are the two styles that should be used sparingly, if at all?
13. What is the paradox about feedback and leaders that Goleman mentioned?
14. What does Goleman argue happens to EI competencies over a career?
15. What happens to a team when the leader lacks EI? What happens when the team members are not EI?
16. What is the toxic organization like?
17. Why does Goleman say that a person can “change their brain?”
18. What is the value of executive coaching?
19. How does Goleman argue that one might maximize the “Half-Life of Learning” in organizations?