“No creature can fly with just one wing. Gifted leadership occurs where heart and head – feeling and thought – meet. These are the two wings that allow a leader to soar.”
I believe what Goleman is saying to be very true. He is saying that a leader must be very diverse in his leadership style. A leader cannot just be smart and have the "do's and don'ts" of leadership. He cannot just lead others with his head. A leader must also lead with his heart as Goleman has stated. A leadeder must be able to identify a negative situation such as a person breaking the rules and deal with it according to facts and known rules but also other significant emotional factors such as: is the the first offense? what is this persons character? How significant is the offense relative to other things I must deal with as a leader? Etc. A situation that is relatable to our age group is if a person on a sports team were to do something wrong during practice or during a game the captain of the team must deal with that person according to team and/or school rules but also take in personal matters such as the persons normal character and past offenses to the team/school etc.
Remember, too, that the "heart" refers to those elements of emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill) that a leader demonstrates IN ADDITION to his knowledge of the area of their expertise.
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