Jack Welch on EQ

Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2004 said:

“…a leader's intelligence has to have a strong emotional component. He has to have high levels of self-awareness, maturity and self-control. She must be able to withstand the heat, handle setbacks and, when those lucky moments arise, enjoy success with equal parts of joy and humility. No doubt emotional intelligence is more rare than book smarts, but my experience says it is actually more important in the making of a leader.”