A Successful Leader

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The paper maintains that personality, intelligence quotient and emotional intelligence are all important personal aspects of being a successful leader. The paper contends that of these, emotional intelligence is the most important. The paper defines personality and presents Michael W. Eysenck's opinion that there are several ways to define personality.

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"This paper looks at the attributes of a good leader. In order to be a good leader, it is important to be reasonably intelligent, have a positive, can-do kind of attitude and to have a high emotional intelligence. Of these three, the most important is emotional intelligence, as it enables leaders to communicate and to get their followers on side. This paper offers tips on raising emotional intelligence. In addition, a leader must achieve results, otherwise his/her followers will soon defect. We examine ways of achieving results by developing and implementing effective strategies."

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