Automation may favor workers with emotional intelligence

Sonic is ahead of the curve on minority leadership | How to build on your core skills | Emotionally intelligent leaders make their teams better Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( January 17, 2018 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD]( [] A Leader's Edge [] [Sonic is ahead of the curve on minority leadership]( Sonic Drive-In CEO J. Clifford Hudson says growing up in an era of segregated schools shaped his commitment to helping minorities advance, and today he runs a company where women and minorities are the majority of Sonic's leadership team, writes Sapna Maheshwari. "When there's one, we're a token, and by four, it takes gender off the table," says Susan Thronson, a Sonic board member. 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