Enabling a Technological Paradigm Shift

Abstract

Viable American organizations thrive despite constant organizational change fringed by internal and external market disruption. Sustainability in the high-tech sector demands high-performing, diverse leaders at the helm. Despite mounting evidence of emotional intelligence in creating positive attitudes, fostering collaboration, and managing conflict, the relationship between emotional intelligence in women who identify as White, Hispanic, Asian, and Black is not widely known. Catalyst reported that 30.8% of women occupy board seats in Fortune 500 companies, which indicates a disproportionate number of women in top roles in the high-tech sector. EEOC reported that White women occupy significantly higher rates in executive roles while Black, Hispanic, and Asian women occupy much lower rates. The absence of workplace diversity restricts agility, open communication, change, and innovation. Black, Asian, and Hispanic workers make up 12%, 6%, and 16%, respectively. Blacks held chief executive roles at 3.4%, and Asians and Hispanics held 6% and 5.6%.