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Copyright © 2016 by Linda Kohanov
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kohanov, Linda, author.
Title: The five roles of a master herder : a revolutionary model for socially intelligent leadership / Linda Kohanov.
Description: Novato, California : New World Library, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016006216 (print) | LCCN 2016013516 (ebook) | ISBN 9781608683383 (hardback) | ISBN 9781608683390 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Social intelligence. | Leadership. | Organizational behavior. | BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership. | NATURE / Animals / Horses. | SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
Classification: LCC HM1106 .K6175 2016 (print) | LCC HM1106 (ebook) | DDC 303.3/4—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016006216
First paperback printing, December 2017
ISBN 978-1-60868-546-2
Ebook ISBN 978-1-60868-547-9
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Contents
CHAPTER ONE. Evolution of Power
CHAPTER TWO. Mutual Transformation
CHAPTER THREE. Direct and Protect: Dominance without Malice
CHAPTER FOUR. Discover and Inspire: Leadership through Relationship
CHAPTER FIVE. Support and Connect: The Power of Companionship
CHAPTER SIX. Observe and Alert: The Sentinel’s Perspective
CHAPTER SEVEN. Cull and Recalibrate: The Predator’s Sacred Task
CHAPTER NINE. Working with a Herd: Applications in Real Life
Master Herder Professional Assessment
Learning to share power is the challenge of the twenty-first century.
Men and women of diverse educational and economic backgrounds can access information and resources that were unavailable to them a mere decade ago. Today, anyone with a great idea can raise money online, order supplies delivered to the door, and conceive a multi-million-dollar corporation in the corner of a basement or garage.
In our global culture, it’s not only journalists and politicians who disseminate information and share views. People around the world watch dramas as they unfold moment to moment, empathize, and join an international conversation that sometimes changes minds and lives.
As a result, command-and-control forms of leadership are suddenly less relevant — and on their way to becoming impotent and, finally, obsolete.
Still, after five thousand years of hierarchical, conquest-oriented models, it takes time, imagination, and experimentation to change old patterns. Blocks to success arise daily when people lack the sophisticated interpersonal skills to collaborate with coworkers, employees, clients — and family members, for that matter.
But we’re on the right track. In the last twenty years, much has been written about the importance of emotional and social intelligence