Emotional intelligence helps us to be
aware of, make sense of, and make use of the information from our emotional
competencies, to guide our thinking and actions with others and ourselves.
Examples of well-known leadership competencies
include:
Empathy
Flexibility
Happiness
Impulse Control
Independence
Optimism
Reality Testing
Self-Regard
Stress Tolerance
The best leaders are strong in all of the following
areas:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Management
There are six different leadership styles, to be
used selectively when most appropriate. The styles are:
Visionary
Coaching
Affiliative
Democratic
Pace-Setting
Commanding style
Each style has its strengths and limitations, and
overused strengths become weaknesses.
(from Primal Leadership - Realizing The Power of Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman et al)
