For Many Years, a Financial Investment Firm Focused on Cognitive

Essay

For many years, a financial investment firm focused on cognitive intelligence to promote the best employees into management positions. These people proved to be very good at derivatives and other forms of financial analysis. Now, some executives believe that the investment firm should promote people into management based more on their emotional intelligence. Explain why emotional intelligence might be a good (or better) predictor of management ability than the employee's cognitive intelligence.