The Must-Have Leadership Skill - Daniel Goleman - Harvard Business Review - 0 views
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Lacking social intelligence, no other combination of competences is likely to get much traction. Along with whatever other strengths they may have, the must-have is social intelligence.
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rajdiigo on 24 Oct 11Your views! Having worked at GMR and interacted closely with the family, I tend to agree with Daniel Goleman.
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Why does social intelligence emerge as the make-or-break leadership skill set? For one, leadership is the art of accomplishing goals through other people.
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As I've written with my colleague Richard Boyatzis, technical skills and self-mastery alone allow you to be an outstanding individual contributor. But to lead, you need an additional interpersonal skill set: you've got to listen, communicate, persuade, collaborate.
