High CEO salaries and bonuses reinforce that sense of specialness.
What is emotional intelligence? How is it related to leadership? How is emotional intelligence related to different leadership traits? What leadership traits might prevent corruption, or promote it? How might training and development in the area of emotional intelligence and leadership prevent corruption and unethical behavior from developing in organizations?
Emotional intelligence is often called 'people smarts,' or the ability to motivate individuals, to make them want to do what they must do, rather than to merely order them to 'do it.' A lack of emotional intelligence or empathy can lead to ham-fisted management, and to the bullying of employees. A good manager is interested...
A lack of emotional intelligence generates hostility between different organizational branches and levels, and discourages suggestions and valuable input from employees. Employees begin to ask what the organization can do for their careers, rather than how they can serve the organization. In-house training and development of leaders in ethics and compassion is required to underline the idea that these are important qualities to cultivate, and not antithetical to sound managerial leadership.
Works Cited
Nahavandi, A. (2006). The art and science of leadership (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Prentice-Hall.
