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    Emotional
    Intelligence
    Leadership prescription
    for tough times
    In 1998, internationally known psychologist Daniel
    Goleman published Working with Emotional Intelligence,
    a book linking success in business leadership with
    emotional intelligence, which he described as “the
    capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of
    others, for motivating ourselves, for managing emotions
    well in ourselves and in our relationships.”


    Goleman’s book had all the earmarks of        The reasons for this enduring value can be     Of course, we’ve always known that
    a classic fad: a bestseller featuring ideas   found in the ways the business environment     effective leaders are good motivators.
    and concepts borrowed from outside the        has evolved since the 1990s – including the    But Goleman was one of the first to
    business world; articles and follow-ups       economic uncertainty of the last few years     undertake such a comprehensive
    in dozens of professional magazines,          – and in how the core qualities of emotional   examination of these qualities as
    including the Harvard Business Review;        intelligence help leaders strengthen their     they relate to organizational leadership.
    seminars at scores of professional            effectiveness in that changing environment.    He was also a pioneer in the use of
    meetings and conventions; and serious                                                        empirical data to demonstrate that
    discussions in hundreds of executive          A quick review: what is                        emotional intelligence drives positive
    suites and HR departments across the                                                         business outcomes.
    country and around the world.
                                                  emotional intelligence?
                                                                                                 And that’s the real reason for the
                                                  Goleman’s book argues that effective
    But a funny thing happened to                                                                business world’s collective interest in
                                                  business leaders are distinguished
    emotional intelligence on the way                                                            emotional intelligence. It helped leaders
                                                  not by their native intelligence (IQ) or
    to being forgotten. It wasn’t.                                                               successfully address fundamental
                                                  subject knowledge, but by emotional
                                                                                                 challenges in a changing workplace
    In fact, far from joining other               intelligence, which in the context of
                                                                                                 and drive performance.
    management fads that have come                the workplace includes characteristics
    and gone in the ensuing decade, the           like self-awareness and self-control; the      Business leaders today are grappling
    qualities that comprise emotional             ability to communicate and influence           with the same fundamental challenges,
    intelligence are more critical to the         others; and facility at building bonds and     and the economic uncertainty is only
    success of business leaders than ever.        creating group synergies.                      likely to exacerbate them.




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      Challenge one                                                       Challenge two
      Leaner organizations with blurring structures                       A workforce in flux
      A manager who retired 50 years ago would be astonished              A colleague of ours recently confided that she had been
      at the ways we accomplish business tasks today. Where is            stunned the first day her new administrative assistant
      everyone? Gone, in most cases. The intensified competition          reported to work. In an office where business dress was the
      of a global economy, combined with the twin shocks of               norm, he showed up in a casual shortsleeved shirt barely
      the dot-com bubble and the events of 9/11, led many                 hiding his tattoo and an earring, albeit small and tasteful,
      businesses to trim staff in the early years of the new century      in his ear. She added that the young man had turned out to
      – and most have kept the weight off.                                be a great assistant with an excellent, highly professional
                                                                          work ethic – a fact she realized only after she put aside her
      Leaner organizations have two immediate consequences for            preconceptions.
      their leaders. First, there’s no ‘second string’ to back them up,
                                                                          Generational change may be nothing new in business.
      and fewer opportunities for the next generation of leaders
                                                                          But like our colleague, the managers we work with are
      to test their wings on smaller or less essential work. Leaders
                                                                          experiencing a degree of change that is new. First, there’s
      must lead effectively from their first day in the job.
                                                                          the sheer complexity of our current workforce. In the senior
      Second, essential jobs are more and more often                      ranks, the veterans of the Greatest Generation have given
      accomplished by ad-hoc teams, with many key team                    way to ambitious Boomers, who are now being replaced
      members having at best a dotted-line relationship to the            by a profusion of generations too confusing to remember:
      manager in charge. Recently we worked with the senior               Generation X, Generation Y, Millenials, Nexters.
      manager of a major technology company’s global sales                There’s also a more fundamental difference to today’s
      organization. He was responsible for achieving sales                shifts. In past generational changes, new workers tended
      targets in the billions of dollars, through thousands of sales      to adjust their expectations and behavior to the realities
      professionals – with only a handful of direct reports.              of the workplace.Today’s new generations expect the
      A story in the Wall Street Journal captured the challenge           workplace will adjust to them and – for better or worse
      succinctly: “Managers say they increasingly must influence –        – it is, as our co-worker’s experience demonstrates in a
      rather than command – others in order to get their own jobs         small way.
      done. The trend is the result of leaner corporate hierarchies       The real challenges presented to leaders today are far
      and the erosion of division walls. Managers now work more           more serious than unusual jewelry, of course. Each of
      often with peers where lines of authority aren’t clear or don’t     these generations of workers has its own values, career
      exist.” Leading by influence rather than command, as more           goals, strengths, and expectations of leaders. And in
      and managers and executives are discovering, requires the           today’s leaner organizations, they’re all likely to be
      full range of emotional intelligence competencies.                  represented in the teams attacking serious issues.
                                                                          How do you lead such a heterogeneous team? How do you
                                                                          manage their expectations and motivate them toward the
                                                                          collaborative goals you’re charged with achieving?
             The real challenges presented
                 to leaders today are far more                            Emotional intelligence sharpens the skills leaders need to
                                                                          understand the behavior and motivation of co-workers with
             serious than unusual jewelry
                                                                          different values, and to find the common ground that can
                                                                          build a cohesive, effective team to tackle the tasks at hand.




     Meet the                      Michael Lamb                                      Scott Spreier
     authors                       Practice leader,
                                   leadership and talent
                                                                                     Senior consultant,
                                                                                     McClelland Center for
                                   Hay Group                                         Research and Innovation
                                                                                     Hay Group




    ©2012 Hay Group. All rights reserved
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                                                                           Most of all, if you think that leadership qualities like trust, integrity,


       Challenge three
                                                                           and empathy are ‘soft’ skills that are desirable but not absolutely
                                                                           essential, think again.
                                                                           In difficult times, when organizations and their employees face
       Changing roles for leaders                                          significant uncertainty on all sides, leaders must operate with
                                                                           transparency and integrity to keep their organization moving
        In our consultative work, Hay Group is constantly evaluating       forward. They must inspire trust, and lead with empathy, to keep
       and measuring how work gets done. We’ve found a new                 workers focused and motivated.
       leadership role becoming more and more prominent
                                                                           In short, leaders must master the competencies that comprise
       in organizations across all business categories: the
                                                                           emotional intelligence to achieve the business results they seek.
       collaborative leader.
                                                                           Fortunately, as Goleman has shown, emotional intelligence can
       This collaborative role is different from traditional command
                                                                           be developed. More than a set of skills or innate intelligence,
       and control leadership, in which a manager directly controls
                                                                           emotional intelligence is a matter of behavior – and, as we all
       the human resources necessary to accomplish business
                                                                           know, through increased awareness and a lot of hard work, we
       goals. In the collaborative role, managers are responsible for
                                                                           can develop new behaviors over time. The key is a commitment to
       coordinating the work of people under their control along
                                                                           change, and the continued practice – at first very consciously – of
       with other resources outside their authority, possibly outside
                                                                           the desired new behaviors.
       their company.
       Despite this shift in roles, however, collaborative leaders are
       still responsible for delivering significant, measurable results.      What are those behaviors? In our work, we’ve
       The technology sales manager we mentioned earlier put                  found that highly emotionally intelligent
       it this way: “For any given project, half my team is spread            leaders tend to:
       across Europe and Asia, and at least a third are outside my
       authority. How do I lead a team like that?”                            n   l
                                                                                  isten more than they talk

       How, in other words, are managers to meet their                        n   emphasize the how’s and why’s, instead of simply telling
                                                                                  
       performance responsibilities when they don’t control the                   people what to do
       resources necessary to meet them? Succeeding in this new
       role requires leadership skills in partnering, networking,
                                                                              n   e
                                                                                   ngage team members and recognize their contributions
       influencing, and motivating – the competencies fostered by
                                                                                  rather than continually criticizing and correcting their mistakes
       emotional intelligence.
       This new collaborative role isn’t limited to middle managers,          n   understand what energizes and engages people on their
                                                                                  
       incidentally. Our research has found a similar shift in the
                                                                                  teams –and create environments that foster that energy.
       role of CEOs, who are more and more often called upon to
       assemble a team of talented, experienced, confident, and
       successful leaders – and lead them in a single direction.           If these ideas sounds like so much fuzzyheaded
                                                                           mumbojumbo,well, they’re not. In fact, scientists are learning
                                                                           there is actually a neurological basis for the success of emotionally
                                                                           intelligent leadership – that empathetic leaders actually modify
    Compounding these challenges:                                          their own brain chemistry and that of their followers.
    economic conditions.                                                   Perhaps more to the point, however, emotionally intelligent
                                                                           leadership delivers results. Research has confirmed a significant
    As if these converging challenges weren’t enough, the strains of
                                                                           performance gap between leaders who display the qualities of
    keeping an organization on course during a business downturn
                                                                           emotional intelligence and those who don’t. Hay Group’s own
    heighten the effects of all of them – and again point toward the
                                                                           work has revealed that the most admired organizations report
    competencies of emotional intelligence as essential tools for
                                                                           their executives demonstrate higher degrees of emotional
    today’s business leaders.
                                                                           intelligence – and that the lack of these qualities contribute
    If you think your company was lean last year, check the directory      significantly to the failure of high-potential executives. Emotional
    in six months. If you’ve been tested by the generational flux you’ve   intelligence has endured because it really is essential to effective
    experienced in your workplace up until now, this coming year will      organizational leadership. And that’s even more true now than
    leave your head spinning.                                              when it was introduced in 1998.




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    ©2012 Hay Group. All rights reserved

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Emotional Intelligence : Leadership Prescription for Tough Times

  • 1. 2 View Point ViewPoint I Reward in a downturn Emotional Intelligence Leadership prescription for tough times In 1998, internationally known psychologist Daniel Goleman published Working with Emotional Intelligence, a book linking success in business leadership with emotional intelligence, which he described as “the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships.” Goleman’s book had all the earmarks of The reasons for this enduring value can be Of course, we’ve always known that a classic fad: a bestseller featuring ideas found in the ways the business environment effective leaders are good motivators. and concepts borrowed from outside the has evolved since the 1990s – including the But Goleman was one of the first to business world; articles and follow-ups economic uncertainty of the last few years undertake such a comprehensive in dozens of professional magazines, – and in how the core qualities of emotional examination of these qualities as including the Harvard Business Review; intelligence help leaders strengthen their they relate to organizational leadership. seminars at scores of professional effectiveness in that changing environment. He was also a pioneer in the use of meetings and conventions; and serious empirical data to demonstrate that discussions in hundreds of executive A quick review: what is emotional intelligence drives positive suites and HR departments across the business outcomes. country and around the world. emotional intelligence? And that’s the real reason for the Goleman’s book argues that effective But a funny thing happened to business world’s collective interest in business leaders are distinguished emotional intelligence on the way emotional intelligence. It helped leaders not by their native intelligence (IQ) or to being forgotten. It wasn’t. successfully address fundamental subject knowledge, but by emotional challenges in a changing workplace In fact, far from joining other intelligence, which in the context of and drive performance. management fads that have come the workplace includes characteristics and gone in the ensuing decade, the like self-awareness and self-control; the Business leaders today are grappling qualities that comprise emotional ability to communicate and influence with the same fundamental challenges, intelligence are more critical to the others; and facility at building bonds and and the economic uncertainty is only success of business leaders than ever. creating group synergies. likely to exacerbate them. ©2012 Hay Group. All rights reserved
  • 2. 2 ViewPoint I Emotional Intelligence Challenge one Challenge two Leaner organizations with blurring structures A workforce in flux A manager who retired 50 years ago would be astonished A colleague of ours recently confided that she had been at the ways we accomplish business tasks today. Where is stunned the first day her new administrative assistant everyone? Gone, in most cases. The intensified competition reported to work. In an office where business dress was the of a global economy, combined with the twin shocks of norm, he showed up in a casual shortsleeved shirt barely the dot-com bubble and the events of 9/11, led many hiding his tattoo and an earring, albeit small and tasteful, businesses to trim staff in the early years of the new century in his ear. She added that the young man had turned out to – and most have kept the weight off. be a great assistant with an excellent, highly professional work ethic – a fact she realized only after she put aside her Leaner organizations have two immediate consequences for preconceptions. their leaders. First, there’s no ‘second string’ to back them up, Generational change may be nothing new in business. and fewer opportunities for the next generation of leaders But like our colleague, the managers we work with are to test their wings on smaller or less essential work. Leaders experiencing a degree of change that is new. First, there’s must lead effectively from their first day in the job. the sheer complexity of our current workforce. In the senior Second, essential jobs are more and more often ranks, the veterans of the Greatest Generation have given accomplished by ad-hoc teams, with many key team way to ambitious Boomers, who are now being replaced members having at best a dotted-line relationship to the by a profusion of generations too confusing to remember: manager in charge. Recently we worked with the senior Generation X, Generation Y, Millenials, Nexters. manager of a major technology company’s global sales There’s also a more fundamental difference to today’s organization. He was responsible for achieving sales shifts. In past generational changes, new workers tended targets in the billions of dollars, through thousands of sales to adjust their expectations and behavior to the realities professionals – with only a handful of direct reports. of the workplace.Today’s new generations expect the A story in the Wall Street Journal captured the challenge workplace will adjust to them and – for better or worse succinctly: “Managers say they increasingly must influence – – it is, as our co-worker’s experience demonstrates in a rather than command – others in order to get their own jobs small way. done. The trend is the result of leaner corporate hierarchies The real challenges presented to leaders today are far and the erosion of division walls. Managers now work more more serious than unusual jewelry, of course. Each of often with peers where lines of authority aren’t clear or don’t these generations of workers has its own values, career exist.” Leading by influence rather than command, as more goals, strengths, and expectations of leaders. And in and managers and executives are discovering, requires the today’s leaner organizations, they’re all likely to be full range of emotional intelligence competencies. represented in the teams attacking serious issues. How do you lead such a heterogeneous team? How do you manage their expectations and motivate them toward the collaborative goals you’re charged with achieving? The real challenges presented to leaders today are far more Emotional intelligence sharpens the skills leaders need to understand the behavior and motivation of co-workers with serious than unusual jewelry different values, and to find the common ground that can build a cohesive, effective team to tackle the tasks at hand. Meet the Michael Lamb Scott Spreier authors Practice leader, leadership and talent Senior consultant, McClelland Center for Hay Group Research and Innovation Hay Group ©2012 Hay Group. All rights reserved
  • 3. 3 ViewPoint I Emotional Intelligence Most of all, if you think that leadership qualities like trust, integrity, Challenge three and empathy are ‘soft’ skills that are desirable but not absolutely essential, think again. In difficult times, when organizations and their employees face Changing roles for leaders significant uncertainty on all sides, leaders must operate with transparency and integrity to keep their organization moving In our consultative work, Hay Group is constantly evaluating forward. They must inspire trust, and lead with empathy, to keep and measuring how work gets done. We’ve found a new workers focused and motivated. leadership role becoming more and more prominent In short, leaders must master the competencies that comprise in organizations across all business categories: the emotional intelligence to achieve the business results they seek. collaborative leader. Fortunately, as Goleman has shown, emotional intelligence can This collaborative role is different from traditional command be developed. More than a set of skills or innate intelligence, and control leadership, in which a manager directly controls emotional intelligence is a matter of behavior – and, as we all the human resources necessary to accomplish business know, through increased awareness and a lot of hard work, we goals. In the collaborative role, managers are responsible for can develop new behaviors over time. The key is a commitment to coordinating the work of people under their control along change, and the continued practice – at first very consciously – of with other resources outside their authority, possibly outside the desired new behaviors. their company. Despite this shift in roles, however, collaborative leaders are still responsible for delivering significant, measurable results. What are those behaviors? In our work, we’ve The technology sales manager we mentioned earlier put found that highly emotionally intelligent it this way: “For any given project, half my team is spread leaders tend to: across Europe and Asia, and at least a third are outside my authority. How do I lead a team like that?” n l isten more than they talk How, in other words, are managers to meet their n emphasize the how’s and why’s, instead of simply telling performance responsibilities when they don’t control the people what to do resources necessary to meet them? Succeeding in this new role requires leadership skills in partnering, networking, n e ngage team members and recognize their contributions influencing, and motivating – the competencies fostered by rather than continually criticizing and correcting their mistakes emotional intelligence. This new collaborative role isn’t limited to middle managers, n understand what energizes and engages people on their incidentally. Our research has found a similar shift in the teams –and create environments that foster that energy. role of CEOs, who are more and more often called upon to assemble a team of talented, experienced, confident, and successful leaders – and lead them in a single direction. If these ideas sounds like so much fuzzyheaded mumbojumbo,well, they’re not. In fact, scientists are learning there is actually a neurological basis for the success of emotionally intelligent leadership – that empathetic leaders actually modify Compounding these challenges: their own brain chemistry and that of their followers. economic conditions. Perhaps more to the point, however, emotionally intelligent leadership delivers results. Research has confirmed a significant As if these converging challenges weren’t enough, the strains of performance gap between leaders who display the qualities of keeping an organization on course during a business downturn emotional intelligence and those who don’t. Hay Group’s own heighten the effects of all of them – and again point toward the work has revealed that the most admired organizations report competencies of emotional intelligence as essential tools for their executives demonstrate higher degrees of emotional today’s business leaders. intelligence – and that the lack of these qualities contribute If you think your company was lean last year, check the directory significantly to the failure of high-potential executives. Emotional in six months. If you’ve been tested by the generational flux you’ve intelligence has endured because it really is essential to effective experienced in your workplace up until now, this coming year will organizational leadership. And that’s even more true now than leave your head spinning. when it was introduced in 1998. For more information: www.atrium.haygroup.com ©2012 Hay Group. All rights reserved