Abstract: The objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership performance in primary schools managers of Isfahan. The population of this study is all managers and teachers of state-run and ordinary primary schools in sextuple districts of Isfahan among which 80 managers and 160 teachers were selected using stratified sampling proportional to the population size and according to variables of gender and the location of the service area. The research method is applied in terms of objective and it is a filed study in terms of method of data collection, also it is correlation in terms of methodology.