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Date Submitted: 02/25/2013 02:04 PM
AN EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADER
The answer to this question is not simple. Barack Obama possesses a series of qualities that make him a great orator. Let’s review them. In the first place, his great emotional intelligence stands out. When Daniel Goldman, author of the famous best-seller Emotional Intelligence, traveled to Spain in October of 2008, he did not mention the then presidential candidate on three separate occasions by accident. Goleman knows that Obama has the prerequisites for being an emotionally intelligent leader: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, self-esteem, empathy and social skills. If Obama hadn’t believed in himself enough, would a black man with a funny name, as he defines himself, have thought that he could win the presidency of the United States?
“His non-verbal language is simple, based on a magnificent stage presence, a smile that lights up the world and a hand that reaches out from the heart and brings him closer to his audience”
His ability to control his emotions, as well as his excellent ability to empathize, learned from his mother, are why he knows how to react appropriately in any situation.
In my public speaking classes I explain that there are three basic keys to reaching the public: naturalness, humbleness and heart. The first consists of being ourselves, without attempting to look like anything else. This is useful when facing any problem that might arise during a conference, and it spares us the fear of making a fool of ourselves. Humbleness reminds us that we cannot simply decide that something is true, and as such, that we can make mistakes. Speaking from the heart makes the audience understand what we are trying to say, and it affords us credibility. Obama employs all three things very well. In his speeches, he is able to make mistakes and ask for forgiveness, to admit that he is not a perfect man. And he has always said it: I will not be a perfect president, and with this, the things that truly matter go...