In this paper, I analysed the data obtained from an emotional intelligence test I applied to a group of military students and related the results to a survey I applied to the same group of students, which had the purpose to identify the members most qualified to occupy a leadership position due to their qualities and attributes. The purpose of the study is to analyse the importance and influence of emotional intelligence on a group's leadership emergence and recognition. The methods I used are

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... oth qualitative and quantitative research. The target group consists of all senior military students of the Romanian Air Force Academy, the author of the study being their direct commander. The Emotional Intelligence test was designed by Daniel Goleman, which contains 10 items that represent different scenarios which puts the subjects in different critical situations and the survey has 5 items with open answers that have the purpose to identify the recognised group leaders. The conclusions highlight the importance of emotional intelligence as a quality of a future leader and verifies the hypothesis that someone who has the qualities of a leader is being recognised by his group.