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In my travels as a lecturer and consultant on leadership, I find the

most common question I’m asked is, ‘Can leadership be learned?’

I’ve spent half a decade looking into that very question, as a result of

the data that showed emotional intelligence to be crucial in what sets

apart the best leaders from the mediocre. I’ve done this work with

my colleague, Richard Boyatzis, professor of organizational

behaviour at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case

Western Reserve University.

Both Boyatzis and myself date our interest in the question to our

graduate school days at Harvard University, studying ...