Do good leaders need to be intelligent ?

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Leader can lead in different ways. Some are more transactional leaders others are transformational leaders. Moreover, the human being can use his brain in different manners therefore intelligence can take several forms. In this paper, I will study the different forms of intelligence and different form of leadership and the relationship between emotional intelligence and the different leadership style and leadership effectiveness. Transformational leadership style seems to bring better results than transactional leadership style.

Both intelligence and the notion of leadership are broad terms that can be understood in differents ways. According to the psychologists Schmidt and Hunter (1998, 2000), intelligence can be define as "a broad mental capacity" to understand, think, resolve complex problems, and to learn quickly. This is the general definition of intelligence, but we can be intelligent in several manners. In this paper, we will focus on emotional intelligence and transformational intelligence. Regarding leadership, the notion has been defined as "a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task" by the social psychologist M. Chemers (1997). However, a leader do not necessarily a good job. Great leaders are those who know how to motivate the others and how take the best in them.

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[...] The transformational leader is more relationship-oriented and she/he seeks to inspire followers. Despite those opositions, according to Bass a leader can use both transformational and transactional leadership type. Indeed, in accordance with the situation, the leader can decide to switch and to practice the leadership style which fits the best. However, the relationships between intelligence and the two kind of leadership are not the same, that is why we will explain in the next part the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership style in order to determine which is the best way to lead effectively. [...]

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[...] Do good leaders need to be intelligent ? Abstract Leader can lead in different ways. Some are more transactional leaders others are transformational leaders. Moreover, the human being can use his brain in different manners therefore intelligence can take several forms. In this paper, I will study the different forms of intelligence and different form of leadership and the relationship between emotional intelligence and the different leadership style and leadership effectiveness. Transformational leadership style seems to bring better results than transactional leadership style. [...]

[...] Intelligences and leadership style Intelligence and emotional intelligence Intelligence is a prominent attribute in the psychology field. Indeed, “intelligence is the most important trait or construct in all of psychology, and the most ‘successful' trait in applied psychology” according to Schmidt and Hunter (2000). Just like Lord et al.'s (1984) findings which attest intelligence is the single personal quality which is perceived as essential element that all leader must to have, Zaccaro et al. (2004) state that is the personal characteristic that have the greatest positive correlation with leadership There are not the only reaserchers to have discovered that, many other psychological reviews which looked into the topic came to the same conclusion.(Bass, 1990; Kirkpatrick & Locke, 1991; Mann, 1959; Stogdill, 1948). [...]