Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

Read the following article from the required reading assignment:

Preston, G., Moon, J., Simon, R., Allen, S., & Kossi, E. (2015). The relevance of emotional intelligence in project

leadership. Journal of Information Technology and Economic Development, 6(1), 16-40.

After reading the article, analyze the following scenario, and discuss it in your case study paper:

Scenario : You are an office manager who has recently moved into a new department. It comes to your attention that

there is a member of senior management who has been falsifying expense reports for himself and approving falsified

reports for his subordinates, resulting in over-payments to employees.

 Based on your preferred leadership style, what would be the best way to handle this situation?

 What are some effective practices that you would use for leading people and business processes in this situation?

 In this situation, what is your role in the decision-making processes that serve to establish an organizational

climate oriented to meet business goals?

In your case study, be sure to address the following:

 Include a brief statement as to which of the leadership styles presented in the above article you are most

comfortable discussing in front of group of people?

 Explain your top three, in order from most like you to least like you, and explain why you chose them.

Which leadership styles you prefer to use when you are in a

leadership position (visionary, coaching, affiliative, democratic, pacesetting, and commanding).

 Then, considering the above points, how would you proceed with handling the scenario?

Be sure to follow the guidelines below:

 Be sure to include peer-reviewed sources to support positions/conclusions. You are required to use at least two

outside sources beyond the required reading for this unit.

 Be sure that your analysis is highly relevant and informative and remains on topic.

 Accuracy should be strong with close attention to detail in all parts of the assignment.

 Writing should be clear and concise with solid sentence structure and should be free of grammar, punctuation,

and spelling errors.

 Your paper should be at least two pages in length.

 All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations in

APA format.