Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject
Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade:
1,0, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, course: Soft Skills &
Leadership Qualities, language: English, abstract: Today, in a fast
changing business environment, leaders need to manage an empowered
workforce and go more and more beyond consultative, cooperative and
democratic leadership styles. The today's workforce does not accept an
autocratic leadership style as they have now far more options and
choices. In addition, there is a growing sense of democracy and
independence in the workforce. Emotional Intelligence has become a vital
and more and more important part of how today's leaders meet the
significant challenges they face. Emotion is known to alter thinking in
many ways. It seems that Emotional Intelligence can help leaders in an
evermore difficult leadership role, one that fewer and fewer leaders
seem capable of fulfilling. And especially in the highest levels in
organizations Emotional Intelligence can give developing leaders a
competitive edge. The bottom line is that the manager who can think
about emotions accurately and clearly may often be better able to
anticipate, cope with, and effectively manage change. But provides the
concept of Emotional Intelligence the answer to the question what the
best leader differentiates from the average one? The following
assignment aims at clarifying the role of emotional intelligence in
leadership. Chapter 2 gives an overview of the theoretical framework
surrounding the emotional intelligence concept by stating the most
important models and its measurements. Chapter 3 points out the leaders'
emotional intelligence competencies to successful manage the
organizations tasks. It also provides ways and even exercises of how to
develop emotional intelligence and resonant leadership? To get the big
picture, the last chapter explicitly summarizes the importance of
emotional intell
