> That leadership piece is what's in demand; and IMO that requires strength in both areas.
I'm not the person you asked but for me, the idea that leadership is more in demand than intelligence doesn't ring true (anecdotally, of course). In the course of my career, I've met more than enough capable leaders, but finding people who meet the bar for intelligence is much harder. At some level, this is probably due to the fact that you need far less leadership than you do intelligence: by definition, leaders are a fraction of the workforce, but intelligence is useful at pretty much every level in the org (for white-collar work).
I guess I'm lucky enough that I've been in companies that were generally quite well-run; I'm sure the demand for leaders would seem higher in dysfunctional companies where competence in leadership isn't routinely achieved.
I'm not the person you asked but for me, the idea that leadership is more in demand than intelligence doesn't ring true (anecdotally, of course). In the course of my career, I've met more than enough capable leaders, but finding people who meet the bar for intelligence is much harder. At some level, this is probably due to the fact that you need far less leadership than you do intelligence: by definition, leaders are a fraction of the workforce, but intelligence is useful at pretty much every level in the org (for white-collar work).
I guess I'm lucky enough that I've been in companies that were generally quite well-run; I'm sure the demand for leaders would seem higher in dysfunctional companies where competence in leadership isn't routinely achieved.