Leading With The Heart Analysis

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While Lincoln was able to very successful leading with the head, it is important to know that he did an even better job leading with his heart. It takes an extremely intelligent person to be able to lead with both the head and the heart, leading with the heart entails, mainly emotional intelligence. Being able to be emotionally intelligent gave Lincoln the upper hand when it came to leading an entire country. When announcing the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln simply told his cabinet what his plans was and let them know he did not need them to debate any further, however he then told them to give him their best ideas and he will use them to make his Proclamation even stronger. “From the very first day he tried to gain the respect of those who knew him and during his presidency, citizens could go visit him in his office” (SOURCE). This exemplifies how leading with your heart can help ensure the trust of everyone around, and be used to have more supporters during Lincoln’s campaign. …show more content…

In order to have a successful tenure while in the office you must have people around you that have full trust in you. Lincoln used his heart to inspire trustworthy traits within his office. Human issues are something a President must be able to deal with on a daily basis, and having an attitude like Lincoln made it a lot easier to deal with these daily issues. Being able to use his love and respect for everyone around him, Lincoln made abolishing slavery something everyone was on board with for the most part. Leading with the head and the heart can be similar to leading with hard and soft power, a successful leader must being able to use hard and soft power as well. If a leader wants to be remembered he must be able to use hard and soft power