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Assessing Leadership skill_week 3 discusion1

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Q Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 5 of The Leadership Experience. Four elements of emotional intelligence exist and are outlined in Chapter 5. Which of the four elements of emotional intelligence is most essential to an effective leader? Why? Tell your peers about how you have used this element of emotional intelligence.

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The emotional intelligence element that is vital to an effective leader is social skills. This specific component deals with the leader’s interpersonal skills. These skills are utilized appropriately and consciously to guide, build rapport, keep up good relationships, lead, negotiate, and build teams. It is needed for a leader to possess skills of building people and decent & good listener in order for these skills to be attained (Riggio & Reichard, 2008).