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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership at the Top

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Handbook of Top Management Teams

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This chapter explores the notion of Leadership and the importance of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) as a key element of leadership competence. ‘Leadership’ has emerged alongside technical and managerial capability as a third major element in the corporate performance triangle. The emergence of ‘emotional intelligence’ as an effective approach to identifying and developing leadership potential has perhaps been one of the major advances in recent years in our understanding of leadership. We outline the issues arising in the area of leadership and emotional intelligence and examine the relationship of emotional intelligence to that concept.

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  1. Malcolm Higgs
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  2. Victor Dulewicz
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Sorbonne Universités, Paris 2, France

    Frank Bournois (Professor of General Management and Leadership Development) & Jérôme Duval-Hamel (Professor and Co-Chairman of the Law and Business School) (Professor of General Management and Leadership Development) &  (Professor and Co-Chairman of the Law and Business School)

  2. EMLYON Business School, France

    Sylvie Roussillon (Professor in Leadership Development and Executive Coaching) (Professor in Leadership Development and Executive Coaching)

  3. Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, France

    Jean-Louis Scaringella (Deputy Director General) (Deputy Director General)

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© 2010 Malcolm Higgs, Victor Dulewicz and Chris Brewster

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Higgs, M., Dulewicz, V., Brewster, C. (2010). Emotionally Intelligent Leadership at the Top. In: Bournois, F., Duval-Hamel, J., Roussillon, S., Scaringella, JL. (eds) Handbook of Top Management Teams. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305335_35

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