Leadership Intelligence: Time to Evolve
In my forthcoming book I outline the 4 essential intelligences of successful leadership in the 21st Century.
Despite the evidence to the contrary, the business world remains loyal to the now outdated premise that IQ is the primary intelligence relating to success. This is significantly limiting upon performance, particularly in the creative economy.
There are two groups of intelligences relating to successful leadership for the 21st century: analytical and relational. Both include two distinct groups of intelligences. The analytical intelligences are IQ (intelligence quotient or cognitive intelligence) and CQ (commercial intelligence). The relational intelligences, which represent the most critical for leaders in the new economy, are EQ (emotional intelligence) and SQ (spiritual intelligence).
Whilst Emotional Intelligence is increasingly finding acceptance in leadership education, Spiritual Intelligence, the very essence behind inspiration, growth and high performance, remains illusive probably due to the stigma attached to the word “spirit”.
Until our business world gets past the ignorance relating to the semantics and awakens to how human capital, it’s most prized asset, is fundamentally structured, performance will continue to be hit and miss and the conventional means of developing leaders will fail to hit the mark.
The industrial and information ages have passed. This is the creative age. It is time to evolve.
