Emotional intelligence is a necessity for good leadership.

[LightAngel]

I think emotional intelligence is a necessity for good leadership!

I think the best leaders are not those who dominate, but those who understand.
 
They listen, they empathize, and they act with conscience.
 
Influence should be earned through integrity, not inherited through privilege or bought with wealth.

As I have said before, I think justice should be blind to wealth and status because when laws bend for the rich then trust in institutions erode.


What do you think?

[UltraBudgie]

Great leadership requires integrity and manly resolve, inspiring a coherence of passion in those led, creating a conflagration of action in pursuit of common cause.

It does not require being a creampuff.

[xpert11]

The unspoken issue is how sound leadership doesn't attract attention historically or with present-day decision makers. The above video confirms that viewpoint and is worth watching for people interested in leadership development.  

I reached a similar conclusion from my lifelong interest in military history. Excluding specific historical circumstances, toxic senior military commanders gain the most attention. However, competent and quiet achievers are underdocumented in vast libraries of books.

[LightAngel]

Great leadership requires integrity and manly resolve, inspiring a coherence of passion in those led, creating a conflagration of action in pursuit of common cause.

It does not require being a creampuff.

Indeed.

A good leader need to be tough when it is needed.

Tough love is sometimes needed. 

[David64]

A good leader is the same a a good parent. Compassion is important, but you also need to know when to put your foot down and say Enough !

Just like children, the ones who are most in need of discipline will scream oppression the loudest.

[LightAngel]

Just like children, the ones who are most in need of discipline will scream oppression the loudest.

Hehee that is true sometimes, but not all the time.

Truth isn't always black or white.

[cherokeetroy]

Tragic that humanity hasn't yet evolved beyond the necessity of "leadership"

[Maxmars]

Good leadership, good leaders, leading in general... is incidental.

Leadership happens, the same way a small gathering can blossom into a party.

Salesmen and aficionados, zealots and knowledge-seekers all seem to "sell" the idea that anyone can be a good leader with the proper skill set and "attitudes."

Good leadership has to be "allowed" to happen... "enjoined" ... it has as much to do with where you are and what you are doing as it does with your steely smile and piercing gaze...   leaders demeanor does not guarantee success...

The better leaders know mostly how to engage and accommodate the world around them, while never losing sight of why they are there in the first place....

Good leaders are everywhere... mostly crushed, spindled, and mutilated by other leaders who are already crushed, spindled and mutilated... you have to admire the sadism... or is it social evolution at work?

Most operational business environments are literally dripping with a thick tar-like essence I call "tradition-fatigue."  But I digress....


Emotional leadership, emotional stewardship, "people-ing skills"... all good... none essential... depends of the place, time, and those who would be led.

This is a tough sell for me because I have misgivings about the idea behind "emotional intelligence" as a trait.

I have often felt that emotional circumstances aren't a "learning" thing in the way we remember that 2+2 may or may not equal 4.

When people (unless I am very wrong) recall 'emotional matters' they don't just "know" from passed experience, they "feel" it.

A very different thing from remembering that if you stand in the way of a falling rock you're going to get hit.

Experience in emotional communication is vital to make understanding easier... but many good leaders won't even "go there" because of the distraction it can be.

[rickymouse]

I think emotional intelligence is a necessity for good leadership!

I think the best leaders are not those who dominate, but those who understand.
 
They listen, they empathize, and they act with conscience.
 
Influence should be earned through integrity, not inherited through privilege or bought with wealth.

As I have said before, I think justice should be blind to wealth and status because when laws bend for the rich then trust in institutions erode.


What do you think?

Who's emotions do you put above another's emotions.  Emotions create havoc in society quite often, they are responsible for a lot of people killing their spouse or relatives.  They are responsible for riots and civil unrest, they need to be considered by the leader, but the leader should have integrity and a brain and be fair to all honest and civil people.  A good leader does not just tell people what they want to hear.

We need leaders who rule by honesty and integrety, not deceit.  Most politicians lie to deceive the public to think they are with them on issues, yet in reality they actually do not agree with the people on issues...they deceive people into following them.  I usually try to tell others my true feelings, I do not want to tell little white lies anymore.  I do not like to reinforce people's beliefs in their delusions, but I also will not try to interfere with their decisions they make, I usually just try to warn them of their consequences and remind them that people have different beliefs.

[RichardHurt]

I think emotional intelligence is a necessity for good leadership!

I think the best leaders are not those who dominate, but those who understand.
 
They listen, they empathize, and they act with conscience.
 
Influence should be earned through integrity, not inherited through privilege or bought with wealth.

As I have said before, I think justice should be blind to wealth and status because when laws bend for the rich then trust in institutions erode.


What do you think?

I will use a new movie that was released as a example to expose leadership.
If you are the leader of a country that has a single weapon of massive destruction heading you way, what do you do?
There are only 2 options in this scenario.
Which do you choose? And to add why do so?