| der myself a well read person. I usually have five or | | | | consistency, productive and yet sometimes loners |
| six books I am constantly reading until I finish them | | | | determine to find answers to the unknown. |
| and move on to my next batch of books. My | | | | When we observe those that are in the below |
| favorite readings for relaxation are about personal | | | | average category in terms of IQ; we often times |
| development, leadership development, organizational | | | | find individuals that are challenged with loyalty to the |
| development and management, politics, history and | | | | company and work productivity and lack of |
| biographies. I would rather read non-fictional material | | | | execution. In many instances, research reveals to us |
| versus fictional and I would rather read about | | | | that many have attitude issues, finger pointing and |
| futuristic concepts than science fiction material. | | | | initiative issues. Yes some of our leaders indeed had |
| Now, the purpose for all this elaboration of what | | | | high IQ’s but it didn’t necessarily make |
| I’ve read or what I like reading; I never in | | | | them phenomenal leaders; it just made them bright |
| research I’ve conducted academically or | | | | individuals attempting to lead. And, yet we have had |
| academic materials provided to me in my professional | | | | others who have a mediocre IQ and yet were |
| career; have I ever seen any material about IQ in | | | | phenomenal leaders; with an ability to listen, research |
| relations to being a leader or being in a leadership | | | | solutions and jump on with the wave of charisma; |
| roles. I have observed throughout my career | | | | enough to get others to follow. I think of President |
| individuals with quite a high IQ and yet have very | | | | Ronald Reagan with a mediocre IQ who became a |
| little leadership skills. Quite frankly, many individuals | | | | phenomenal leader of one of the world’s |
| that I have met throughout my career in the medical | | | | most powerful country in the world and President |
| profession, political career and in education the higher | | | | Jimmy Carter with a high IQ yet had a real challenge |
| the IQ the more introverted many were. On the | | | | making significant achievements. President Carter was |
| other hand; some I have worked with the lower the | | | | a detail person, a workaholic and a micromanager and |
| IQ the more charismatic, outgoing and an | | | | it has been said that he often times worked to two, |
| ability to work the crowd; therefore, in many cases; | | | | three a.m. in the morning. |
| drafted by the people to serve as a leader for a | | | | I have not seen any prove that those with a low IQ |
| particular cause or venture. | | | | will be low performers or that they will be |
| IQ has nothing to do with getting people to do things | | | | incompetent and so therefore will not be able to |
| for you; it is about relationship building and offering | | | | handle the job. Throughout my career I have seen |
| service to others for the purpose of helping them | | | | both; the high IQ and the low IQ people deal with |
| become achievers. IQ could play a role in the | | | | issues of attitude and that is the central theme here; |
| designing of formulas and/or blue prints that will be | | | | does attitude play a role in being productive, |
| used as part of the space shuttle as work like that | | | | progressive and an achiever. Does IQ have an |
| typically is attributed to ones capabilities of high | | | | interplaying role between attitude and leadership or |
| technical analyzes and synthesizing. Though some or | | | | attitude with regards to one’s self pride of IQ. |
| most with high IQ’s tend to be high achiever | | | | You see there are those who’s IQ takes |
| in the technical arena or what I call the hard sciences; | | | | them on to the road of being overly prideful of who |
| they often times display behavior modes of | | | | they are and nothing is above and beyond them. |