Research actually shows that social intelligence is the single most important factor in predicting leadership success.
Would you like to have more impact on those you lead? Do you sometimes feel that your job would be easier if it wasn’t for people?
You are not alone. The hardest mental shift any manager or executive can make is to go from doing good work yourself to getting good work out of others. Yet this is the very heart of leadership and research shows its importance actually increases as you move into higher levels of leadership. Social intelligence gives you the relational power to do it well.
Some people have naturally high levels of social intelligence but most of us do not. You may have come across such people and wondered how they make it seem so easy. Many of these people don’t even know what it is they do so well because it is second nature to them. Yet, a careful observation of such leaders has uncovered a set of universal principles and practices that anyone can learn.
If you seriously want to develop you ability to lead through relationships, you can develop high levels of social intelligence without a personality transplant. In fact, authenticity is one of the keys to lasting interpersonal influence.
The Australian Leadership Development Centre is Australia’s only educational organisation with an exclusive focus on leadership. We exist to help you enhance your leadership impact and we would like to invite you to our upcoming program:
On in Sydney 26-27 June 2008
“A great program and presenter”
Barbara Poland, Director, Dept. Of Premier & Cabinet (Vic)
Do you want to increase your interpersonal influence and enhance the impact you have on those around you?
