The five roles of a master herder : a revolutionary model for socially intelligent leadership

The five roles of a master herder A revolutionary model for socially intelligent leadership

Linda Kohanov

Book - 2016

"Linda Kohanov, author of the bestselling The Tao of Equus, pioneered a deep understanding of "the way of the horse," including the extraordinary nonverbal communication of skilled riders and the collaborative power of "herding cultures" through the centuries. She has adapted this profound, time-tested approach to modern life and the organizations in which top-down management hierarchies have become obsolete. Detailing the five roles of "master herders"--Dominant, Leader, Sentinel, Nurturer/Companion, Predator - she shows readers how to recognize and utilize them in the "modern tribes" of our workplaces and other social organizations. Richly nuanced and yet wonderfully practical, this model facil...itates the mobility, adaptability, and innovation essential today, and allows groups to achieve goals, overcome obstacles, and sustain one another with the powerful grace exemplified by skilled horse and rider"--

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Subjects
Social intelligence.
Leadership.
Organizational behavior.
Published
Novato, California : New World Library [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Linda Kohanov (author)
Physical Description
240 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
ISBN
9781608683383
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Artifacts and Origins
  • Chapter 1. Evolution of Power
  • Chapter 2. Mutual Transformation
  • Part II. Five Roles
  • Chapter 3. Direct and Protect: Dominance without Malice Role: Dominant
  • Chapter 4. Discover and Inspite: Leadership through Relationship Role: Leader
  • Chapter 5. Support and Connect: The Power of Companionship Role: Nurturer/Companion
  • Chapter 6. Observe and Alert: The Sentinel's Perspective Role: Sentinel
  • Chapter 7. Cull and Recalibrate: The Predator's Sacred Task Role: Predator
  • Part III. Balancing the Roles
  • Chapter 8. Growing Pains
  • Chapter 9. Working with a Herd: Applications in Real Life
  • Master Herder Professional Assessment
  • Acknowledgments
  • Endnotes
  • Index
  • About the Author
Review by Booklist Review

Scientists, psychologists, and behaviorists agree that four-legged creatures, from elephants to companion animals like dogs and cats, exhibit emotional and social intelligence. For at least 10 years, author and, yes, horse-trainer Kohanov has used those findings to create a matrix of successful leadership traits. Now, she refines her observations to describe five roles of the herd dominant, leader, nurturer/companion, sentinel, and predator and, in doing so, indicates the most significant and beneficial ways in which each can be adopted. This explanation is somewhat impeded by lengthy prefaces, littered with scholarly references. For example, stories of Darwin and of George Washington are used here to underscore her points the former in establishing the premise, the latter as a prime example of leadership at its best. (Steve Jobs, on the other hand, was a dominant and predatory leader who let nothing stand in his way.) This book applies horse sense to business, but the narrative is dense Kohanov is at her best when using specific animal and human examples of the good (and not so) in the master herder assessment at the end.--Jacobs, Barbara Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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