Relación del liderazgo directivo y las competencias emocionales en tiempos de COVID-19

Introduction: A leader is capable of successfully facing diffi-cult situations and assuming challenges in the face of the un-known, such as the pandemic that caused the appearance of COVID-19. Objective: to determine the relationship between executive leadership and emotional competencies in times of COVID-19. Methodology: the quantitative approach with correlational design was used, with a sample of 94 directors of educational institutions in Metropolitan Lima. Results: the extracted data were processed using the SPSS 26 software and a correlation of 0. 778 was obtained between the two study variables. Conclusion: there is a considerable positive relationship between executive leadership and emotional competencies in COViD-19 times.