Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
CHECKLIST...
Applying emotional intelligence YES NO
Using EI at work
To be a successful manager in today’s
business world, a high EQ may be
more important than sheer intellectual
or technical ability. A manager who
leads a project team of diverse people
will need to understand and interact
successfully with others. Applying
emotional intelligence at work means
you are open to the ideas of others and
can build and mend relationships with
others. You are aware of your feelings
and act accordingly, articulating ideas
so that others can understand them,
developing rapport, building trust, and
working toward consensus. Managers
who are attuned to their own feelings
and the feelings of others use this
understanding to enhance personal,
team, and organizational performance.
20 / UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Managing emotions
Emotional intelligence has two aspects:
one inward facing and one outward The four
facing. The first of these is your emotional competencies
self-awareness and your ability to manage of emotional
your own emotions. The second is your intelligence
degree of empathy, or awareness of others’
emotions, and your ability to productively
manage relationships with others. Both
inward- and outward-facing aspects of
emotional intelligence are made up of a
number of skills or competencies.
INWARD COMPETENCIES
SELF-AWARENESS SELF-MANAGEMENT
>> Emotional >> Emotional self-control
self-awareness >> Trustworthiness
>> Accurate self- >> Conscientiousness
assessment
>> Achievement orientation
>> Self-confidence
>> Adaptability
>> Optimism
>> Initiative
USING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE / 21
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
>> Development of others
>> Inspirational leadership
>> Influence
>> Communication
>> Effecting change
>> Conflict management
>> Bond building
>> Teamwork and collaboration
OUTWARD COMPETENCIES
SOCIAL
AWARENESS
>> Empathy
>> Organizational
awareness
>> Service
orientation
70%
of managers value EQ
more highly than
IQ in their employees