• Not one published study has shown emotional intelligence to be a meaningful predictor of job performance beyond what has long been explained by other measures.
  • The behaviors that have been widely cited as indicators of emotional intelligence have long been recognized as personality traits.
  • Personality type is in no way an indicator of intelligence.
  • When it comes to predicting work performance, cognitive-ability tests have been demonstrated to be approximately ten times as powerful as personality assessments.
  • The charismatic-leadership movement, whose influence peaked in the late 1990s, was also a theory dominated by personality and style.
  • Charismatic leaders often pose a serious threat to the survival of an organization ...

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