This article describes a new instrument to assess top leaders and the research findings that support it, including those relating to EI, from the Private Sector, a UK Retail Company (Managing Directors and Senior Managers) and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The Leadership Dimensions Questionnaire (LDQ) was designed to measure 15 leadership competencies (8 Cognitive and Managerial competencies and 7 EI competencies) and the organizational context in terms of the degree of change faced by the leader. Three new styles of Leadership - Engaging (Transformational), Goal Oriented (Transactional) and Involving (Participative) - are proposed. The studies found that a majority of leadership dimensions from the LDQ predicted actual performance of senior managers and officers.

Singh, S. K. (2007). Emotional intelligence and organisational leadership: A gender study in Indian context. International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 1 (1/2), 48-63.

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between EI, as measured by the ECI 2.0, and leadership effectiveness, as measured by the Organizational Leadership Questionnaire, among 340 software professionals of a large company in India. EI was positively and significantly related to organizational leadership for both genders. Results revealed no significant differences between male and female software professionals in terms of EI and overall leadership effectiveness. The Relationship Management aspect of EI was found to be the most important predictor of leadership. Therefore, the author argues, employees need to develop their relationship skills in order to become effective leaders.

2nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Emotions in Worklife

This year the 2nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Emotions in Worklife is being hosted and sponsored by Faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia. The symposium is a day-long, semi-formal meeting of scholars interested in the study of emotions in work settings and will be held on Friday the 23rd of November 2007. The symposium will feature paper presentations and roundtable sessions for the discussion of poster presentations. There is no registration fee for attending the symposium. Click here for more information.

Social Intelligence and Advances in Management

The joint conference of the 1st annual International Conference on Social Intelligence (ICSI) & 15th annual International Conference on Advances in Management (ICAM) will be held at Boston on July 16-19, 2008. Members are invited to present papers at this conference. Vol. 14 of Current Topics in Management (annual Series published by Transaction Publishers) will be devoted for the publication of selected SI papers presented at this conference. The website for the conference is being developed. Participants must join the ICAM Conference Participant list.

Call for papers - Sixth International Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life 'EMONET VI'

Researchers interested in studying emotions in organizational settings are invited to submit papers for the Sixth Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life ('Emonet VI'), to be held in Fontainebleau, France, July 17-19, 2008. Papers are invited on any topic of relevance to the study of emotions at work, including the determinants of emotion; the nature and description of emotion; processes and effects of emotion at the organizational, team, and individual levels. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Papers that take a multidisciplinary perspective will be especially welcome. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers - Journal of Leadership Studies

The mission of the Journal of Leadership Studies is to publish leadership research and theoretical contributions that bridge the gap between scholarship and practice and that exemplify critical inquiry into contemporary organizational issues and paradigms. The audience for this journal includes scholars, business leaders, managers, administrators, and other individuals who seek to further their leadership understanding and competence. Click here for more information.

Drawing from decades of analysis within world-class organizations, the authors show that resonant leaders - whether CEOs or managers, coaches or politicians - excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using EI competencies like empathy and self-awareness. And they employ up to six leadership styles - from visionary to coaching to pacesetting - fluidly interchanging them as the situation demands. - from publisher's description

Spencer, L. (2001). The Economic Value of Emotional Intelligence Competencies and EIC-Based HR Programs.

In this chapter from the book The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace, Dr. Lyle Spencer provides professional, ethical and legal reasons for establishing the reliability and validity of any EIC measure or HR practices based on EI "that affect an employee's status in an organization, thus subject to scrutiny for adverse impact, outlining specific methods for calculating the economic value (EVA) added by EIC. Also included are meta-analytic findings for the effect size changes and EVA EIC-based selection, training and performance management can provide, as well as protocols for developing "business cases" for EI research and applications: value analysis, expected value added, sensitivity analysis, cost: benefit and return on investment calculation. The chapter also provides data collection instruments and spreadsheet templates for all analyses discussed.