{"id":247,"date":"2018-10-11T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T01:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/b121\/?p=247"},"modified":"2018-10-19T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:56:33","slug":"response-to-jamie-light-from-many-lamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/b121\/2018\/10\/response-to-jamie-light-from-many-lamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Jamie – Light From Many Lamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

I appreciated Jamie\u2019s post<\/a> reflecting on the importance of emotional intelligence in the life of a leader. Northouse (2016) lists empathy as a characteristic of servant leaders. In order to exhibit empathy, a certain amount of emotional intelligence is required making it a crucial skill for any leader, especially one desiring to lead as a servant leader. As a whole, we may not value emotional intelligence as much as we perhaps should given its importance. Tracy says that emotional intelligence \u201cis often overlooked, yet crucial for success as a business leader\u201d (2017).<\/p>\n

Personally, I have found that focusing on technical skills, rather than emotional intelligence, can be tempting as a leader because they are more clearly measurable. Measuring emotional intelligence can be far more complicated as there are numerous definitions of emotional intelligence. Mittal and Sindhu argue that there are multiple \u201cemotional intelligences\u201d we should be measuring (2012). This brings up the question of how a leader knows which emotional intelligence they should be measuring.<\/p>\n

In the midst of valuing emotional intelligence it is also important that we remember \u201cemotional intelligence alone does not guarantee good leadership\u201d (Mittal & Sindhu, 2012). Jamie did a good job of articulating that leaders need both skills as well as emotional intelligence in order to be effective. This served as a good reminder to me that finding that balance is important. I have noticed in progressing through this course that finding a balance between the different models, competencies, traits and skills seems to be tantamount to being an effective leader.<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mittal, V. & Sindhu, E. (2012). Emotional intelligence and leadership. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 12<\/em>(16). Retrieved from https:\/\/journalofbusiness.org\/index.php\/GJMBR\/article\/view\/794<\/p>\n

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice, Seventh Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.<\/p>\n

Tracy, B. (2017, October 30). Why emotional intelligence is indispensable for leaders. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbescoachescouncil\/2017\/10\/30\/why-emotional-intelligence-is-indispensable-for-leaders\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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