Role of Emotional intelligence in Leadership

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the
people around you. People with a high degree of emotional intelligence know what they're feeling, what
their emotions mean, and how these emotions can affect other people. Today there is a growing body of
science in the emerging field of emotional intelligence, indicating that proper understanding and use of
emotions can be critical in helping workers, teachers, students and head of the colleges become more
effective and better communicators. Findings of the Research on Management and Leadership indicate the
growing importance of finding, hiring, training and retaining leaders with high emotional intelligence. The
main objective of this article is to describe the link between different kind of leadership style and emotional
intelligence competencies.