MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Leadership and Emotional Intelligence BA 521

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability What is Emotional Intelligence? “… the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide thinking and action” -- Mayer & Salovey

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Views Leadership as “Being” in addition to “Doing” Measures Leadership in terms of “recovery rate” Builds Leadership intentionally rather than accidentally Focuses on components of Leadership (Four P’s) that are derived from EQ

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Why executives derail Four key derailers* 1.Problems with interpersonal relationships 2.Failure to meet business objectives 3.Failure to build and lead a team 4.Inability to change or adapt during a transition * Center for Creative Leadership, Van Velsor and Leslie, 1995

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Components of Emotional Intelligence Source: Daniel Goleman, Primal Leadership and other materials Awareness Management Self Others Self-Awareness/ Assessment Social Awareness/ Empathy Self-Control/ Adaptability Relationship-Building/ Teamwork

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Emotional Intelligence Leadership Self-Awareness Social Awareness Self Management Relationship Management Purpose Presence Practice Partners

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Purpose What is my purpose? “For the sake of what?” Who am I when I show up as my best self? What prevents me from being that person 100% of the time? Am I the subject of my own desires or the object of others’?

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability What Game am I Playing? Remember, it’s your choice! Do I play the game “full out?” How do I self-sabotage and take myself out of the game? Do I inspire those around me to stay in the game?

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Presence How do others experience me? Is my presence consistent with my purpose, my game? What is my personal brand? –relevant? –unique? –consistent?

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Practice What gaps currently exist between my purpose and my presence? What behaviors do I need to practice in order to develop the presence that will facilitate my purpose? What commitments am I willing to make on a daily, weekly, monthly basis? Remember, practice does not make perfect, it makes permanent.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA+ Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability Partners Who will I rely on to hold and tend my dreams, to get behind me and move me toward my purpose? Am I willing to practice vulnerability in order to share and pursue my dreams? Where do I need to emotionally detach and let go?