The Great Intimidators Since when has being a difficult boss been a disqualifier for a job?” asked Nightline’s Ted Koppel after several abrasive, intimidating leaders of major corporations—Disney’s Michael Eisner, Miramax’s Harvey Weinstein, and Hewlett-Packard’s Carly Fiorina—fell from their heights of power. Picking up on what seemed to be a new trend in the workplace, the business media quickly proclaimed that the reign of such leaders was over. From now on, the Wall Street Journal predicted
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Hiring is not an easy process and it became worse due to globalization. A huge percentage of executive level appointments are ending in firing or resignation. Finding the right person to fill a right job has become more complex due to advent of new organizational forms such as joint ventures, strategic alliances. Art of hitting a Moving Target The hazards of hiring a wrong person in today’s business environment are mentioned with examples. Problems such as lack of negotiation and cross-cultural
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Introduction The first three studies: Leadership Intelligence; Organizational Behaviors; Spiritual Leadership share commonalities pertaining to effective leadership. First Theme a. All three articles share similar themes, linking traits, skills, and attributes to leadership. These characteristics are imperative to managing collaboration and inspiration within groups. b. Article one examines the effects of emotional intelligence on transformational leadership. c. Article two
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What is emotional intelligence and why is it important in project management? How did you score on the emotional intelligence mini-assessment? What areas do you need to strengthen in order to raise your own emotional intelligence? Describe the characteristics that would make a Project Manager "emotionally intelligent". Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to realize, understand and control self emotions and that of others and groups. The application of Emotional Intelligence would result
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Role of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership OB PROJECT TERM I By: Anumeha Gupta (h11067) OB-II PROJECT (TERM II) Dwaipayan Gupta (h11075) Shesadri Biswas (h11110) Sreekanth S V (h11113) Vikrant Chaplot(h11118) GROUP B7 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our gratitude towards Prof. Manish Singhal for giving us the opportunity to pursue this project in the course “Organizational Behaviour - II”. We want to thank him for his creative and thoughtful ideas that made
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Leadership and Intelligence Response Devon J. Bloodsworth College of Charleston October 9, 2014 I agree with the article’s statement that leadership is a much more organic process than simple IQ scores (Clawson, James G. and Bevan, Greg, 1). Relying on “recipes” and “steps” and disregarding other factors such as inter-personal skills and other intangibles is an ineffective and haphazard way to determine good leaders, managers, etc. Someone with excellent rational
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and will provide my opinion on the more convincing article. According to Goleman, decisions are made based on emotions, which results in leadership. This is evident at the beginning of “The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders”, where Goleman provides a personal encounter involving emotional intelligence and leadership. He and his wife were traveling and see a man in a wheelchair, soliciting on the street. Goleman gives the man some cash, but the cash falls onto the street. As Goleman drives
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What Is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence, as I understand it, is the ability to utilize logical reasoning when regarding emotions and using this ability to manage emotions to enhance thought. It is believed that people with high Emotional Intelligence could solve a variety of emotion-related problems with great accuracy and efficiently. For instance, a person who has a high EIQ can figure out a person’s emotional state by their facial expressions. These types of people know that “a
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SSCI206-1201A-01: Aspects of Psychology Emotional Intelligence and its Principles Emotional intelligence can be an ability of recognizing meanings of certain emotions and how they relate to solving certain problems. This can include the perception of an emotion while assimilating feelings to that emotion, and includes there management and understanding. (Mayer & Salovey, 1997) This means one must be “smart with feelings” such as the ability to recognize and manage their emotions, deal
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Running head: GOLEMAN’S SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE BOOK REVIEW Dan Goleman’s Social Intelligence Book Review Summary of Key Points Unveiling a New Science Goleman contends that the most fundamental revelation of this new discipline is that people are wired to connect. Neuroscience has discovered that our brain’s very design makes it sociable, unavoidably drawn into a neurological connection whenever we interact with another person. This two-way connection allows us to affect everyone we interact
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