of the supervisor to set the direction by helping and motivating staff members to see what lies ahead and face those challenges. Emotional intelligence is one of the important traits that helps leaders work with people effectively. “Emotional intelligence involves assessing one’s own feelings, as well as feelings of others, then using those assessments to guide personal thought and action” (Borkowski, 2015, p. 239). Firstly, the nurse supervisor demonstrated a lack of emotional intelligence. After
History Two psychologists, John Mayer and Peter Salovey, first introduced the concept of “emotional intelligence”, or EI, in a journal article in 1990 (Goleman, 2005). It was then popularized in 1995, with the book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman. Goleman posited that EI is as important, if not more important, than IQ in terms of success in academics, business, and interpersonal relationships (2005). Although the phrase was new to English vernacular, the
Emotional intelligence, or EI, has begun to make head way in the nursing world in its tie to leadership. Nurses are people, so they experience emotion just like every other person. Their work is stressful and trying, it provokes emotion due to the environment and situations at hand. The ability to recognize one’s own emotions, along with those that present in others is an important skill (Morrison, 2008). Being able to recognize emotions makes it easier to manage our lives and our relationship with
Emotional Intelligence Being a leader is a gift; something that is hard to learn, and something that many people are more predisposed to be than others. A good example of a wonderful religious leader, in my opinion, would be John Paul II. Ever since John Paul was a child he had a natural ability to affect people around him in a positive way. Moreover, the Pope’s emotional intelligence made him and even better religious leader because it allowed him not only to reason more effectively, but to be
Emotional Intelligence Emotions are the combinations of feelings such as joy, jealous, hatred, affinity, love, boldness, rigidity, and fear. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a cognitive element. It concerns the aptitude to convey precise rational about our feelings and use to improve our thoughts. It is an ability to evaluate, comprehend and manage emotions both internally and externally. It exhibits socially acceptable behavior. Emotional intelligence is your proficiency to distinguish and comprehend
Transformational Leadership Leadership is not a word that is uncommon in today’s society. We hear this term in the media, on TV shows, and in our everyday lives. However, the idea of leadership and the different definitions of types of leaders are less understood. In this paper, an examination of transformational leadership is discussed. This paper also delves into transformational leadership in nursing and how learning about leadership has supported personal growth for me now and in future practice
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership in Nursing To better understand the applications of emotional intelligence in nursing and leadership, it is important to identify the key components of emotional intelligence (EI). By examining Daniel Goleman’s book Working with Emotional Intelligence, this paper will examine EI’s function in nursing as it applies to various roles in leadership. Lastly, it will discuss ways in which EI can be used for personal and professional development. History of Emotional
Emotional Intelligence Being a leader is a gift, something that is hard to learn and many people are more predisposed to be a leader than others. People that are natural leaders, very often have this sort of charisma that draws others to follow them. A good example of a wonderful religious leader in my opinion would be John Paul II. Ever since John Paul was a kid he has had this natural ability to positively affect people around him. Moreover, John Paul’s emotional intelligence made him even a
By doing so, I encouraged the ill-manner behavior to continue, further creating a bigger relationship gap between the supervisor and staff. Negative gossip is damaging for work relationships and it hinders work success (Ellwardt, Labianca, & Wittek, 2012). As a nurse leader, I should lead by example and be a role model to everyone (Evans, 2015, p. 41). Four years ago, I was selected to be an electronic super-user/trainer for our unit during
The Successful Servant-Leader Servant leadership, as it applies to the modern world, is a concept that Robert Greenleaf defined in his influential 1970 essay, The Servant as Leader. Greenleaf’s essay explains that servant leadership is an amalgam of concrete leadership styles and “fragments of data” that came to him through “intuitive insight” (1970). Having worked at AT&T from 1926-1964, he accumulated a number of leadership qualities throughout his professional career. After retirement he began