Question 1) I wonder if this ability can be learned or if it is inherent to ones personality. Thoughts Class
Answer 1) The debate would still be on if someone, after a point of time, decides to learn how to develop such abilities and eventually succeeds in mastering them. Because, there is the other school of thought with the proponents of genetic determinism, who consider EI no more than hyped rubbish, would say that it is the activation of the dormant elements of genes (Farron, 2005).
Question 2) Based on this particular idea, do you think that leaders with entrepreneurial personalities have a better grip on EI because of their natural abilities or would self-control of this nature entail learning Thoughts
Answer 2) It might not be fair to segregate personality traits from EI and IQ, since such traits are in a way reflective of ones cognitive as well as emotional ability. Thus it should be seen the other way round it is the better coordination between EI and IQ (say, heart and brain) enables humans to have better grip over earthly proceedings. May be the authors of the book Emotionally Intelligent Leadership (Shankman and Allen, 2008) could shed some light on this issue, since they are keen to find more combinations of the concepts of emotional intelligence and leadership in one model.
Question 3) If we were to move the concept of personality to a specific area such as situation, can personality be a reliable indicator of how a leader may respond
Answer 3) There are reasons to favor this proposition. Firstly, personality makes humans a little predictive as that presents a personal behavioral index to others through actions against set situations. MBTI is an elaborated arrangement to create such behavioral indexes. Leadership behavioral processes too have long been underpinned and classified. For example, transactional or transformational leadership behavior, with admission of the fact that such identification is based on major behavioral traits of the leaders. Thus the repeated behavioral traits become the elements of personality in a person and others have no way but to rely on mentally or otherwise documented evidence of hisher personality.
Question 4) If these ideas hold true, then a person possessing EI should be able to break free from a mood and change behavior based on their level of EI. If we have high levels of EI, then we should be able to overcome our mood not matter what situation is presented. What do you and the class thinks
Answer 4) The quest for an effective mood solution is still on, though there is a plethora of literature on how to develop inner strength, i.e., self-control or self-regulation. At the same time there are great examples of weathering oneself with situation too, such as the famous last seven words of Jesus (Seven, 2008) or the last words of M.K. Gandhi, who uttered Rama Rama, (Revered God) right after being shot at, which in turn was in total alignment with what he said even a few months before - Even if I am killed, I will not give up repeating the names of Ram and Rahim, which means to me the same God. With these names on my lips, I will die cheerfully (Lavanam, 2008). Such instances show that there are ways to maintain the mood irrespective of situation.
Question 5) Could intuition play a role in the differences between men and women in leadership Thoughts class
Answer 5) If one considers the proven difference between men and women regarding brain usage, one has to admit that the nature of intuition in them has to be different. The study by Yale University already proved that men tend to use the right hemisphere of their brain, which is primarily responsible for things relating to spatial memory, mathematics and logic, while women tend to use the left hemisphere of their brain, the one which is primarily used for things relating to language and emotions (Jones, 2008).
Such state of affairs explains why women are more inclined to human affairs, and also serves a pointer to the fact that womens vision building process are also influenced by such brain chemistry. From this understanding one can infer, albeit with some reservation, that womens pro-person thought process can be their USP in leadership practice. Such idea gains wings when the latest findings fairly hint that women have evolved to use both hemispheres of their brain simultaneously when completing tasks (Jones, 2008).
Question 6) What do you think
Answer 6) The adage, a leader is as good as hisher team, does hold merit, but up to a certain point of time, before the adage could be changed like a leader is as good as his mentoring ability, since in this modern world, the leaders are expected to exploit all potentials of the followers, irrespective of mechanistic or organic environment in an organization. Autocratic mentality has no room in todays organizations, where humans are considered as the main capital. Management too has walked a long way in between, from Taylorism to Excellence Theories.
Question 7) What do you think
Answer 7) Here the mode of EI takes an interesting turn, which might serve a new dish to the proponents of determinism. One researcher has come up with a conclusion that military is mostly a domain of men and men leaders here are driven by the traditional spirit of protecting the women. Now this trait can surely be related to a specific manifestation of at least some elements of EI what if mens awareness here is influenced by the traditional perception of knightly valor (Gedney, 1999)
Answer 1) The debate would still be on if someone, after a point of time, decides to learn how to develop such abilities and eventually succeeds in mastering them. Because, there is the other school of thought with the proponents of genetic determinism, who consider EI no more than hyped rubbish, would say that it is the activation of the dormant elements of genes (Farron, 2005).
Question 2) Based on this particular idea, do you think that leaders with entrepreneurial personalities have a better grip on EI because of their natural abilities or would self-control of this nature entail learning Thoughts
Answer 2) It might not be fair to segregate personality traits from EI and IQ, since such traits are in a way reflective of ones cognitive as well as emotional ability. Thus it should be seen the other way round it is the better coordination between EI and IQ (say, heart and brain) enables humans to have better grip over earthly proceedings. May be the authors of the book Emotionally Intelligent Leadership (Shankman and Allen, 2008) could shed some light on this issue, since they are keen to find more combinations of the concepts of emotional intelligence and leadership in one model.
Question 3) If we were to move the concept of personality to a specific area such as situation, can personality be a reliable indicator of how a leader may respond
Answer 3) There are reasons to favor this proposition. Firstly, personality makes humans a little predictive as that presents a personal behavioral index to others through actions against set situations. MBTI is an elaborated arrangement to create such behavioral indexes. Leadership behavioral processes too have long been underpinned and classified. For example, transactional or transformational leadership behavior, with admission of the fact that such identification is based on major behavioral traits of the leaders. Thus the repeated behavioral traits become the elements of personality in a person and others have no way but to rely on mentally or otherwise documented evidence of hisher personality.
Question 4) If these ideas hold true, then a person possessing EI should be able to break free from a mood and change behavior based on their level of EI. If we have high levels of EI, then we should be able to overcome our mood not matter what situation is presented. What do you and the class thinks
Answer 4) The quest for an effective mood solution is still on, though there is a plethora of literature on how to develop inner strength, i.e., self-control or self-regulation. At the same time there are great examples of weathering oneself with situation too, such as the famous last seven words of Jesus (Seven, 2008) or the last words of M.K. Gandhi, who uttered Rama Rama, (Revered God) right after being shot at, which in turn was in total alignment with what he said even a few months before - Even if I am killed, I will not give up repeating the names of Ram and Rahim, which means to me the same God. With these names on my lips, I will die cheerfully (Lavanam, 2008). Such instances show that there are ways to maintain the mood irrespective of situation.
Question 5) Could intuition play a role in the differences between men and women in leadership Thoughts class
Answer 5) If one considers the proven difference between men and women regarding brain usage, one has to admit that the nature of intuition in them has to be different. The study by Yale University already proved that men tend to use the right hemisphere of their brain, which is primarily responsible for things relating to spatial memory, mathematics and logic, while women tend to use the left hemisphere of their brain, the one which is primarily used for things relating to language and emotions (Jones, 2008).
Such state of affairs explains why women are more inclined to human affairs, and also serves a pointer to the fact that womens vision building process are also influenced by such brain chemistry. From this understanding one can infer, albeit with some reservation, that womens pro-person thought process can be their USP in leadership practice. Such idea gains wings when the latest findings fairly hint that women have evolved to use both hemispheres of their brain simultaneously when completing tasks (Jones, 2008).
Question 6) What do you think
Answer 6) The adage, a leader is as good as hisher team, does hold merit, but up to a certain point of time, before the adage could be changed like a leader is as good as his mentoring ability, since in this modern world, the leaders are expected to exploit all potentials of the followers, irrespective of mechanistic or organic environment in an organization. Autocratic mentality has no room in todays organizations, where humans are considered as the main capital. Management too has walked a long way in between, from Taylorism to Excellence Theories.
Question 7) What do you think
Answer 7) Here the mode of EI takes an interesting turn, which might serve a new dish to the proponents of determinism. One researcher has come up with a conclusion that military is mostly a domain of men and men leaders here are driven by the traditional spirit of protecting the women. Now this trait can surely be related to a specific manifestation of at least some elements of EI what if mens awareness here is influenced by the traditional perception of knightly valor (Gedney, 1999)
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