EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMPETENCE AND LEADERSHIP THEORIES: Transformational and Servant Leadership Outlined

December 3, 2025

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMPETENCE AND LEADERSHIP THEORIES: Transformational and Servant Leadership Outlined

Olivia Roberts | 2021

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is a prerequisite for successful leadership and is a fundamental characteristic in leadership prowess. Emotions allow leaders to guide followers wisely, manage problematic situations properly and decrease stressful circumstances efficiently. The intelligent use of emotions is beneficial to leadership and followership, and followers often view leaders with advanced emotional intelligence levels as competent, skillful, and knowledgeable. Leadership is a social influence wherein leaders obtain voluntary participation from followers to attain goals. Emotionally intelligent leaders are very keen when making decisions and are aware of the impact their emotions may have on others. Subsequently, leaders’ emotional characteristics and cognitive abilities have the same worth in the leadership development.

Five components are critical to this concept – understanding one’s emotions; managing emotions; motivate oneself; recognize emotions in others and govern relationships. The success or failure of any organization reflects the competence or incompetence of its leaders and leadership. Business leaders and major corporations are pursuing Emotional Intelligence in their organization’s leadership to enhance leader efficiency. In recent years, the emotional intelligence concept emerged as a significant benchmark in leadership efficacy and has proven to be a useful tool in developing competent leaders. Studies have emerged that support a symbiotic relationship between emotional intelligence and effective leadership.

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