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Evolving Leadership in the Digital Age (2016)

Manfred Kets de Vries

"Leaders need emotional intelligence to create meaning"

Studies show that organisations which take leadership development seriously outperform their competition. To have executives change character will always be an uphill struggle but they can learn to improve their behavioural reactions to difficult situations and develop greater emotional intelligence that will turn them into more effective leaders.

INSEAD Knowledge, 2016

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