Is E8 the prototypical "leading" type ? I don't think so. Besides, you know, many contemporary leaders are Fives.
E5 : not very sociable, but usually good company
E8 : unsociable
E5 : average EQ
E8 : low EQ
E5 : as D-, make sure obeying them is easy
E8 : subordinates may feel obeying them is hard
E5 : looks like a leader
E8 : doesn't look like a leader, but like a fucked up dictator
E5 : Fives are the shit
E8 : Eights are shit
E5 : builds power by building trust
E8 : builds power by intimidation
E5 : confronts when adequate
E8 : always confront, even if it's useless
E5 : efficient
E8 : conservative
E5 : deals easily with people they don't like
E8 : every person they don't like is an incompetent lying bastard
E5 : really "leads" subordinates
E8 : doesn't really lead subordinates : rather administrate them
E5 : able to tolerate violators for pragmatic reasons (e.g. Microsoft with illegal copies of Windows)
E8 : doesn't tolerate violators
E5 : less prone to racial discrimination (at worst, may make some racist joke once in a while)
E8 : more prone to racial discrimination
E5 : tolerates subordinates' misconducts, when light (because they aren't Nines...)
E8 : able to fire an employee even for arriving five minutes late
E5 : judge people by pragmatic criteria
E8 : judge people by their reputation
E5 : more prone to delegate (delegation is the shit)
E8 : less prone to delegate
E5 : unites subordinates in order to make them control themselves
E8 : divide subordinates in order to control them
E5 : prone to adopt new technologies
E8 : reluctant to new technologies
E5 : emotionally stable, with some exceptions such as 0+- LII
E8 : emotionally unstable
E5 : 83% of introverts, 17% of extroverts
E8 : 50% of introverts, 50% of extroverts, but even E8 extroverts are like "sub-extroverts", so they don't count
E5 : doesn't find normal that subordinates fear them
E8 : finds normal that subordinates fear them
E5 : management is a science
E8 : management is a power struggle, and I deserve all the power, of course
E5 : do it my way, if you don't find a better idea
E8 : do it my way, and shut the fuck up
E5 : good motivators
E8 : poor motivators
E5 : poor listeners, but try to make an effort
E8 : poor listeners, and don't give a fuckin' fuck
E5 : helps avoidant subordinates
E8 : takes advantage of avoidant subordinates, or fires them
E5 : not demanding
E8 : demanding
E5 : employees should work because it's as natural as play and rest
E8 : employees are lazy and irresponsible, and should be put under pressure in order to make them work
E5 : negociates
E8 : "negociating ? what the fuck does that mean ?"
E5 : less prone to abuse subordinates
E8 : more prone to abuse subordinates
EDIT: I found this video, which is pretty relevant. The boss is 00- EII. http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-...ne-an-employee