%0 Journal Article
%T Applying Emotional Intelligence Skills to Leadership and Decision Making in Non-Profit Organizations
%A James D. Hess
%A Arnold C. Bacigalupo
%J Administrative Sciences
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/admsci3040202
%X Non-profit organizations and leaders may benefit from the utilization of behaviors attributed to emotional intelligence. The consideration of emotional intelligence skills becomes a strategy for the development of the non-profit organizational leader¡¯s ability to assess the impact and consequences of decisions, while simultaneously improving the quality and effectiveness of the decision-making process. The purpose of this paper is to identify how emotional intelligence skills can be applied to enhance the leadership decision-making processes within the non-profit organization. Goleman¡¯s (2001) and Boyatzis¡¯ et al. (2000) four essential elements of emotional intelligence and their associated 20 behavioral competencies are utilized to develop a methodology for the practical application of emotional intelligence skills to leadership decision-making within the non-profit organization. A checklist of questions and observations is provided to assist non-profit leaders in the improvement of emotional intelligence awareness, as well as the application of emotional intelligence skills to decisions and decision-making processes.
%K non-profit organization
%K leadership
%K emotional intelligence
%K decision-making
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/3/4/202