Self-Leadership & Emotional Intelligence

Self-leadership is related to emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence according to Neck, Manz and Houghton (2017) “involves the ability to perceive, understand, and regulate our own or another person’s emotions” and emotionally intelligent people can “recognize and use his or her own and others’ emotional states to solve problems and regulate behavior.” Having confidence in our ability to self-lead our emotions can be a critical part of our effectiveness.