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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

A thoughtful and prompt diagnosis, anchored in EI skills like self-awareness, emotional expression , empathy , reality testing and flexibility, can help identify and apply effective antidotes early on to ameliorate workplace ailments we are facing today. However, compassion becomes especially critical during a crisis.”

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Leadership Style – Part I | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

But, being able to recognize what kind of leadership is required in a variety of situations and to supply it in a timely way is a skill worth acquiring. Something to watch : A clip from the old movie 12 0′clock High which provides a classic example of the Telling or Directing stage of the Situational Leadership model.