The Emotional Intelligence of the Leader – Is It a Must?

Abstract: The leader is a fascinating figure with his behavior, and his vision for development and is a complete role model. He not only aims to bring his associ­ates together but is mainly concerned with team building and solving problems of all kinds, including interpersonal ones. Therefore, the leader is emotionally intelligent, and able to unite people from different cultures, thus showing em­pathy and his inherent intelligence, namely on an emotional level. The current paper introduces emotional intelligence, by providing arguments why a leader needs to be emotionally intelligent. At the same time, the employee benefits of being led by an emotionally intelligent leader are also presented. Cases on emo­tional intelligence are also presented.

9th International Scientific ERAZ Conference – ERAZ 2023 – Conference Proceedings: KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, hybrid – online, virtually and in person, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1, 2023

ERAZ Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia

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Yordanova, S. (2023). The Emotional Intelligence of the Leader – Is It a Must?. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), ERAZ Conference – Knowlegde Based Sustainable Development: Vol 9. Conference Proceedings (pp. 237-240). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023.237

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