Strategic Thinking Skills Is Necessary For EQ Leadership

There are a number of broad skill areas that are particularly important for leaders.

These include strategic thinking, planning and delivery, people management, change management,

communication, and persuasion and influencing.

1. Strategic Thinking Skills

Perhaps the most important skill a leader needs—and what really distinguishes leaders from

managers—is to be able to think strategically.

This means, in simple terms, having an idea or vision of where you want to be and working to achieve

 that. The best strategic thinkers see the big picture, and are not distracted by side issues or minor

details. All their decisions are likely to be broadly based on their answer to the question ‘does this take

me closer to where I want to be? Of course, as well as being able to create a compelling vision, they must

 also, be able to communicate it effectively to their followers, which is partly why communication skills are also vital to leaders.