Judging the capacity to govern
By Joseph S. Nye | Friday, March 14, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…Leadership theorists suggest we should pay less attention to leaders’ policy promises than to their emotional intelligence – mastery of the self and outreach to others. Contrary to the view that emotions always interfere with thinking, the ability to understand and regulate emotions can make overall thinking more effective. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously quipped after meeting Franklin D. Roosevelt: ‘a second-class intellect but a first-class temperament.’ Most historians would agree that Roosevelt’s success as a leader rested more on his emotional skills than his analytical prowess. The energy and optimism he unleashed in his first 100 days did not grow out of policy proposals in his campaign….”,,,BS
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