During the 1981-1982 season, seven grain elevator bankruptcies occurred in Louisiana resulting in significant losses to warehouse receipts and scale ticket holders, to creditors, and to owners of the elevators. Through a rigorous comparison of certain financial and operating ratios of those that failed with a sample of survivors, a procedure for evaluation and prediction of failures was investigated. Measures of liquidity, solvency, cash on hand, and the number of grains handled predicted six of the seven bankruptcies and survival for 19 of the other 22 f i i s in the sample. Similar results were obtained when applied to an out-of-sample population.
A data group of 246 individuals was collected to explore the possible correlations between trait-based and competency-based Emotional Intelligence factors to determine how the development of characteristics can contribute to an individual’s influence potential — their “ReAch”. The study was also conducted to demonstrate how an increase in Emotional Intelligence can occur in aspiring and existing leaders to further the effectiveness and success of the individual and their work environment. The data pool was required to complete two surveys: the SSEIT, which measures trait-based Emotional Intelligence, and the LDP, which measures competency-based factors and the degree to which each trait existed in each individual. This paper explores the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and the traits that are naturally present and those that are a result of learning, development and environmental factors. We are seeking to address the objective of improving leadership abilities and to explore the needed tools to develop rising leaders. The correlations that we are exploring between these two sets of data points could help further present the possibilities of self-improvement in the workplace.
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