What Makes a Leader
Megan Loberg
12 September 2013
BAMG 354-025
Summary Paper-What Makes a Leader
Being a leader is more than giving great speeches or simply making people believe and follow in your thoughts and ideas. Being a great leader, or even just a leader in general takes what author Daniel Goleman calls emotional intelligence.
Goleman claimed that you don’t necessarily have to have the highest IQ or come from an Ivy League school to be a successful leader; all he or she needs is the “right stuff”. While many managers can achieve success through their leadership, it takes training and more than just natural wit. Goleman stated many psychological analysts have worked to develop what is called a “competency model”. The competency model determines which personality capabilities drive to outstanding performance with in an organization and to what degree. Goleman’s idea is similar to ones that managers today use, which is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Using the Myers-Brigg method to hire and understand your employees from a managerial standpoint is a great way to ensure your success. The pure benefits of this analysis is that it allows a manager to understand how their employee(s) direct and get energy, take in information, make decisions and organize their external world. This test and the analysis of such then is used to match employees to their best suited department or, if already hired, helps managers to work with their employees to make the most profit and be the most successful they can be in the company.
While Goleman didn’t use the Myers-Brigg Type Indicator test to know what type of characteristics make the best leaders, he did utilize some of the most intelligent psychologists, and various companies’ senior mangers to complete his theory of emotional intelligence by use of competency models. After numerous discussions and analyzing it was concluded that there were 5 basic components of a potentially successful leader. The first was self-awareness, which
12 September 2013
BAMG 354-025
Summary Paper-What Makes a Leader
Being a leader is more than giving great speeches or simply making people believe and follow in your thoughts and ideas. Being a great leader, or even just a leader in general takes what author Daniel Goleman calls emotional intelligence.
Goleman claimed that you don’t necessarily have to have the highest IQ or come from an Ivy League school to be a successful leader; all he or she needs is the “right stuff”. While many managers can achieve success through their leadership, it takes training and more than just natural wit. Goleman stated many psychological analysts have worked to develop what is called a “competency model”. The competency model determines which personality capabilities drive to outstanding performance with in an organization and to what degree. Goleman’s idea is similar to ones that managers today use, which is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Using the Myers-Brigg method to hire and understand your employees from a managerial standpoint is a great way to ensure your success. The pure benefits of this analysis is that it allows a manager to understand how their employee(s) direct and get energy, take in information, make decisions and organize their external world. This test and the analysis of such then is used to match employees to their best suited department or, if already hired, helps managers to work with their employees to make the most profit and be the most successful they can be in the company.
While Goleman didn’t use the Myers-Brigg Type Indicator test to know what type of characteristics make the best leaders, he did utilize some of the most intelligent psychologists, and various companies’ senior mangers to complete his theory of emotional intelligence by use of competency models. After numerous discussions and analyzing it was concluded that there were 5 basic components of a potentially successful leader. The first was self-awareness, which