Concept
Does one have to be intelligent to be a leader? Perhaps. If the key elements are clarity of purpose and vision, then additional intelligence may be superfluous. The ability to sell one’s purpose and vision would help. As would the ability to analyze current data in creating purpose and vision. Yet sometimes, analysis paralysis sets in and too much thinking can cause potential leaders to stumble—hence, our assertion that the “courage to act” is a key one-third of the Leadership Point of View (LPV).
It turns out that there are many kinds of intelligence. Howard Gardner identified seven kinds (Frames of Mind, 1983). These included musical, visual-spatial, verbal, mathematical, kinesthetic (dance), interpersonal, intrapersonal ...
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