Enhancement of emotional intelligence-related competencies of successors in family businesses

The following article presents issues related to the enhancement of emotional intelligence-related competencies of family business successors. A particular emphasis was put on emotional intelligence which constitutes an essential element of the successors' competencies. The author of the article provided examples of actions and methods to enhance the emotional intelligence-related competencies, on the grounds of studies by other researches as well as her own research. Readers' attention was drawn to the impact of parents (senior members of the family) on actions and enhancement of emotional competencies of successors.