During the 4th Industrial Revolution, organizations will need leaders who can successfully motivate their employees and teams to learn, adapt, and contribute throughout an unprecedented technological revolution. We propose that the primary skill required for such leadership is emotional competence. Herein, we discuss the reasons why emotional competence is necessary and specify three sets of emotionally competent abilities leaders must develop in order to support and transform themselves, their employees, and their teams: emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and the ability to develop emotionally intelligent, collaborative, teams.
