The leadership skills and behaviors that I have selected for the adaptive leadership toolkit
include intelligence or intellectual ability. The intellectual ability of the leader affects the
performance of the organization. For example, Steve Jobs, one of the most successful
leaders, was very intelligent on the product and design. Leaders must have higher
intelligence than the people they are supposed to lead. The intelligence of the leader
includes having strong verbal, perceptual, and reasoning abilities. Antonakis, House, and
Simonton (2017) found a curvilinear relationship between IQ and perceived leadership.
Essentially, as the IQ increased, the perception of the leadership increased. However, the
study found that being too intelligent was not good for the leadership; the best score is a
little higher than the non-leaders.
........... .Self-confidence is another trait I would select for the adaptive leadership toolkit.
