Emotional Intelligence : An Essential Quality For All Managers

I do need to recognize that other scholars limit emotional intelligence to a much narrower set of factors (qtd. In Cameron and Whetten, 2011, p.63), which would not allow for a final and complete assessment of leadership based on the exclusivity of analysis. I have chosen to pursue the Goleman framework for guiding and addressing the specific challenge to complete the action plan based on the clarity and broader scope of evaluation provided by Goleman. I would like to establish a correlation between Mayer and Salovey as they relate to Goleman. I believe that self-awareness is an interior component of emotional intelligence this being the primary distinction between Goleman and Mayer & Salvoy. The ability of emotional intelligence centers on a person’s skill in recognizing emotional information and carrying out abstract reasoning using this emotional information. More specifically, emotional intelligence involves the “abilities to perceive, appraise, and express emotion; to access and/or generate feelings when they facilitate thought; to understand emotion and emotional knowledge; and to regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth (Mayer & Salovey, 1997, p.10). I believe that without an understanding of Mayer and Salovey it is difficult to use Goleman’s framework. I believe that the two approaches are codependent of one another. I assert that in this instance it will be acknowledged that we

Explore the elements of emotional intelligence that leaders must be aware of to increase leadership effectiveness.

As mentioned in (Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. 2009Pg. 7), emotional intelligence connects the emotional and rational part of the brain. People with higher level of intelligence outperforms from people with average level of intelligence only 20% of the time, this is a critical factor of emotional intelligence. My organization very well understands the importance of emotional intelligence at work place. They understand how developing emotional intelligence in their employees will help them in achieving goals and eventually success. They do understand the four skills that make up emotional intelligence and want to incorporate them well in their organization.

With the publication of Daniel Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence in 1995, the business world got an answer to a question that had been plaguing it for decades: “Why did some people of a high IQ struggle at managing teams while other leaders of lower IQ excel at it”? Goleman asserted that the traditional measurement of IQ (intelligence quotient) was not enough to determine a good leader. Schools and universities concentrated on developing the cognitive and analytical part of the brain, while the teaching of how the emotional side of the brain worked was ignored. Goleman defined this “emotional intelligence” of a human being as a set of competencies that distinguish how one manages

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions and those of the people around you. To be a successful leader you must inquire the four EI competencies. Those competencies include; Self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, and relationship management.

Self-awareness involves the ability to understand and evaluate your own emotions through reflection, self-comparisons and feedback from others (Steiner, 2014). Self-awareness aims at enhancing self-knowledge, behavioral, and emotional improvements, and accommodating weaknesses (Steiner, 2014). It allows individuals to understand how they think, behave, and respond to situations that they encounter. To achieve this, feedback from other people is required. People who are self-aware are self-driven, resourceful, eager to learn, self-motivated, and problem-solvers. They also portray independence of self-concept (Steiner, 2014). Self-awareness helps an individual to practice effective self-management.

Emotional intelligence is a term I had never heard of before I took my first leadership class. Now that I know what emotional intelligence is and I understand how to use it I hope to apply it to benefit myself and my organizations. I recognize what a huge disadvantage those that do not understand emotional intelligence are faced with. Emotional Intelligence has become a vital part of how today's leaders meet the many various challenges they face on a day to day basis. Emotional Intelligence can help leaders lead their group or organization through the good and the bad times, something that fewer and fewer people seem capable of accomplishing. Lack of emotional intelligence is

Emotional intelligence is a phrase used in the business world to explain one’s competency in displaying and handling one’s own emotions as well as the emotions of others around him or her. In his book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman explains the importance of Emotional Intelligence and how it is more imperative for one to have high Emotional Intelligence rather than a high IQ. This is because, no matter how talented someone may be in their line of work, he or she must still be able to work well with others and express their ideas. Goleman categorizes Emotional Intelligence into five emotional elements and then further into emotional competencies. He has separated each

"Emotional Intelligence is a way of recognizing, understanding, and choosing how we think, feel, and act. It shapes our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. It defines how and what we learn; it allows us to set priorities; it determines the majority of our daily actions. Research suggests it is responsible for as much as 80% of the "success" in our lives." The Effective leader requires a high degree of Emotional Intelligence. In this study, the various skills of Emotional Intelligence can be related with real situations. The various skills of Emotional Intelligence are Self awareness, self regulation, motivation, Empathy, social skill. People with high self-awareness are also able

Emotional intelligence was described formally by (Salovey & Mayer). They defined it as ‘the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions’. They also provided an initial empirical demonstration of how an aspect of emotional

“Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage our emotions and those around us, therefore, this quality gives individuals a variety of skills, such as the ability to manage relationships, navigate social networks, influence and inspire others. Every individual possesses different level, but in order for individuals to become effective leaders, they will need a high level of emotional intelligence. In today’s workplace, it has become a highly important

Emotional intelligence is an important characteristic in becoming a good leader. “Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage oneself and one's relationships in mature and constructive ways” (Kinicki & Kreitner, 2009, p.137).Being a good leader entails more than just being smart; leaders need to be able to connect to their employees emotionally and empathetically. Organizations today not only look for leaders with the skills, but leaders that can emotionally connect to employees to obtain the organization’s goal. “Leaders have always played a primordial emotional role. No doubt humankind’s original leaders-whether tribal chieftains or shamanesses-earned their place in large part because their leadership was

Leaders today are presented with an ever-increasing reliance on unifying a team or organization to achieve goals and objectives. With this demand for higher-level leaders, the ability through which a leader is able to appeal to specific traits and qualities is never more important. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is one area of focus that a leader in the marketplace today must be able to appeal to and demonstrate as a core competency.

     In the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, the central thesis that he tries to point out is that emotional intelligence may be more important than I.Q. in determining a person’s well being and success in life. At first I didn’t know what Goleman was talking about when he said emotional intelligence, but after reading the book I have to say that I agree completely with Goleman. One reason for my acceptance of Goleman's theory is that academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. To me, emotions can be just as intelligent as your I.Q. In this essay I hope to provide sufficient evidence to show why I agree with Goleman’s thesis on emotional intelligence.

In this write-up, attempt is made to provide conceptual clarifications on the subject matter, “Emotional intelligence”, an overview of the theories of emotional intelligence, including a brief discussion about how important the role of emotional intelligence can be in leadership, performance (both educational and work place settings) and in wellbeing.