The study examined Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competencies: A Study of Ministry of Works, Owerri. In conducting the study, descriptive survey approach was adopted and data was generated from a five point likert scale questionnaire. The study covered a population of one hundred and twenty three (123) senior and junior members of staff of the ministry. Taro Yamene formula was used to select a sample of 94 respondents. Out of the 94 questionnaires distributed, 88 were correctly filled and returned; thereby given a questionnaire return rate of 93.62%. The data gathered was analyzed with the kruskawalis (H) test. The study found that Leadership competence is an integral component of organizational performance, hence, it was concluded that the emotional state of the leader has significant effect on his/her competence. The study therefore recommends that Leaders should demonstrate emotional self-control, transparency, adaptability, initiative and be optimistic. These are the inevitable high personal standards that drives them to constantly seek performance improvements, hence; enhancing their goal achievement orientation and that to develop quality social awareness, leaders should strive to exhibit conflict management skills, be inspirational, drive changes in their environment and develop others. These helps to generate an atmosphere of friendly collegiality and make them models of respect, helpfulness, and co-operation, thereby drawing others into active, enthusiastic commitment to the collective effort, and build spirit and identity.

this paper focused on developing corporate resilience in Nigerian SMEs: the role of management consultants in southern Nigeria. The paper adopted survey approach and the major instrument for data collection was a five point likert scale questionnaire. The data gathered was analyzed with t-test using the 20.0 version of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) at 0.05 level of significance. The study covered a population of 512 persons which consists of 112 management consultants and 400 management staff of 60 selected SMEs from Enugu, Imo and Rivers-state. The researchers used the Yaro Yamene’s method to select a sample size of 225 persons. It was concluded in this paper that SMEs should develop resilience drive in their business approaches. The study found that due to dearth of resources and internal capabilities, there is need for SMEs to leverage on the services of management consultants. The p-value shows a 0.001 and 0.002 outputs, which reflects the significant contributions management consultants can make to the development of resilience in SMEs in turbulent times. This paper therefore recommends among others that state governments in southern Nigeria should provide business resilience targeted trainings to managers and owners of SMEs in order to prepare them with relevant and current knowledge that can guide their operations.