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Vision; taking advantage of emerging opportunities; creating demand where none existed;  making tough decisions; mobilizing forces;  executing strategies… these are actionable qualities attributed to leadership.  Equally important are attributes associated with emotional intelligence and empathy, the *EQ of leadership.

Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance an article written for the Harvard Business Review describes how good leaders are emotionally intelligent and persist in self-awareness including understanding the impact they have on others.

They describe how moods are infectious, and leaders with a positive outlook coupled with actions in alignment with their organization get the best results. Individuals can gain emotional intelligence through changing habits that in turn changes their brain.

They wrap up the article stating

“…the message sent by neurological, psychological, and organizational research is startling in its clarity. Emotional leadership is the spark that ignites a company’s performance, creating a bonfire of success or a landscape of ashes. Moods matter that much.”

Moving forward…

For all of us living in a global society, our leadership needs today are different than in the past.  We currently have more to wrangle as we cast our nets are across more geographies and demographics.  Successful interaction requires us to cultivate individual leadership as we navigate. More on that later.

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* Note- There is no correlation between IQ and EQ; they are controlled by different parts of the brain.