Building a Culture of Conscious Leadership

12 THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT CONSCIOUS LEADER

DOI: 10.4324/9781003272793-13

Introduction

This chapter explores emotional intelligence as a key element of our conscious leadership model. Throughout this chapter, we define emotional intelligence (EI) with added emphasis upon defining emotional regulation (ER) and explain in detail its relationship with successful conscious leadership outcomes. We initially review some important research findings to establish a conceptual base for understanding EI. The principle that emotions are generated as a result of our reactions to others, i.e., “he made me angry”, will be challenged; and we offer a counter-argument that advances the premise that we unconsciously choose our emotions, that they are social ...