Nowadays, some organizations focus on the effect of emotional intelligence in their organization, and raising more attention of other organizations. Emotional intelligence plays an important role on the impact of organizational effectiveness, it also help with the organizations retain good employees for their future growth of organizations. As ability related with emotions and feelings, this complex term - emotional intelligence has been established in the field of psychology and management, helping with the development of organizations in several factors indeed, which is can be divided into four elements. First of all, the definition of emotional intelligence will be introduced in this paper. While each aspects of emotional intelligence are quite complex, this paper will provide a brief overview of four elements of emotional intelligence: expression and identification of emotion, raising awareness process and decision-making through using emotion, emotions knowledge, and emotions management. Furthermore, as to apply emotional intelligence in the organizations, this paper will illuminate three related aspects in the organizations which are can be influenced by emotional intelligence. Some examples will be provides in this part to introduce the application of emotional intelligence in the organizations. First key element is how emotional intelligence influences the leadership in the organizations. Second is how interpersonal skills of employees or leaders developing the
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.
Emotional intelligence has been coined by many theorists and had been the subject of much literature, controversy, and scrutiny. Emotional intelligence is defined as “a set of competencies that distinguishes how people manage feelings and interactions with others. It is the ability to identify one’s own emotions, as well as those of one’s co-workers or employees” (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, in Pierce & Newstrom (Eds.), 2008, p. 180). The author will review the definition and attributes of a successful, emotionally intelligent, morally competent leader. Comparisons will be made between leaders which demonstrate emotional intelligence to those which are void of moral intelligence. The conclusion is that leaders who act with high
Emotional intelligence is very helpful in maintaining a healthy working environment through decreasing conflict, increasing harmony and building strong, healthy relationships. Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to identify and understand self and others’ emotions in a proactive way. Emotional intelligence can be achieved through acceptable behavior and stress management training. Emotional intelligence helps in proactive emotional approach that is efficient in emotional balance management. It is guided by self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management (PENN Behavioral Health Corporate Services, 2008).
Formally, Emotional Intelligence, commonly abbreviated as EI is defined as the capacity to reason of and about emotion so as to enhance reasoning or rather thinking. It is also defined as the capability of an individual to recognize and understand the meaning of emotions, their relations and use this information to reason critically and solve problems based on these emotions (Dann 78). The first Emotional Intelligence theory was initially developed by early psychologists back in the 1970s and 80s. This study was advanced and has been advancing over the past years. It has become very important in organizational development and developing people in the process. This is because the Emotional Intelligence or rather Emotional Quotient
Leadership is a complex process by which a person sets direction and influences others to achieve their goals (Borkowski, 2015). It is the responsibility 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).
"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 describes understanding individual and other persons' emotions and incorporating them to bring out the best out of a situation. Emotional intelligence affords one an opportunity to control likely outcome, by managing and working well with others as well as alone. One with emotional intelligence is capable of understanding their own emotions regulating them for the purpose of fruitful relation ADDIN EN.CITE Cavazotte2012466(Cavazotte et al., 2012)46646617Cavazotte, FlaviaMoreno, ValterHickmann, MateusEffects of leader intelligence,
When most people think of emotional intelligence (EI), they are unsure about what exactly that phrase means. Is it someone who is very emotional? Someone who is very smart? What is it and why is it important in the workplace? Emotional intelligence is a phrase that encompasses many different traits that a person could have as far as maintaining control in the workplace and also how to read people and different things they may be feeling. Emotional intelligence is important for being aware of someone’s own emotions as well as trying to calm down or excite the people around them. A person who is in any leadership position needs to have an awareness of his/her emotional intelligence as well as how important it can be for day to day functioning within the work environment. This paper will go into the background and history of emotional intelligence, talk about how it can be an important leadership tool in the nursing field, and how I can further improve my leadership skills and growth with emotional intelligence in order to give the reader a further understanding on the topic.
The interesting fact of emotional intelligence can be directly tied to the success of any career. Interpersonal relationships, communication clarification, and employment satisfaction are only a few of the benefits which can come from its controlled use in the workplace. When being linked with leaders, emotional intelligence can be the distinguishing factor between great leadership and average leaders. Within this research paper, emotional intelligence will be examined from the use of 12 research journals. The origin of the concept, definition of the term, areas of the foundations, innate prospects,
The author was given the task to explain emotional intelligence, and give two (2) example of the concept. Second, to examine, the concept of “emotional quotient” compared to traditional “intelligence quotient.” Third to suggest two to three (2-3) reasons why leaders’ need emotional intelligence to manage today’s workforce, as well as to speculate on at least two (2) possible consequences should a leader not possess emotional intelligence. Fourth, to explore the elements of emotional intelligence that leaders must be aware of to increase leadership effectiveness. Lastly, to recommend a strategy that the organization could undertake in order to improve the social skills of leaders within the organization and thereby
Leaders, now more than ever before, have enormous challenges and potential conflicts due to today’s diverse and rapidly changing world, making emotional intelligence almost as important as our knowledge or experience (Greenockle, 2010). Now days, our companies are driven by budget cuts, downsizing, constant changes, and new policies that make sustaining work settings that allow for better communication and collaboration be difficult many times. Hence, it will be reasonable to believe that the ability to understand and correlate to others will be equally important as our knowledge and experience. Goleman (1998), describes emotional intelligence is the capability each individual has to identify, comprehend and deal with emotions, both within self and with others, thus, making it directly related to self-improvement, self-awareness, and team building.
Because of globalization and in parallel with different dynamics, it is required for both senior managers, junior administrative officers, and different employees to have a high level of emotional intelligence competency for an achievement during the decision-making process. The significance of this requirement has been demonstrated by numerous academic studies concluding that people who have the high level of emotional intelligence competency can make good decisions and implement the taken decisions in the right place at the right time. Those internally and externally taken decisions as a result of emotional intelligence factor not only activate inter-organizational relations and communication but also increase the performance level.
Organizations large and small are facing situations that are coming from an area called emotional intelligence. The leadership in the organization has to have ability and understanding to handle issues that may
“Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage one’s own and others’ in order to guide one’s behavior and achieve goals” (Salovey, & Mayer, 2005). In simple words, EI is the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions, that is, to regulate your own emotions, and the ability to cheer up or calm down another person. Building on the work of Mayor and Salovey (1997) and others, Goleman (1998) further suggested that there are five critical pillars or competencies of EI, namely self-awareness; self-regulation; self-motivation; social awareness (empathy); and social skills. According to Merriam-Webster website
Researcher that has been carried out on the topic of emotional intelligence (EI) have revealed findings that link EI with higher achievements of individuals. A study done by Carmeli (2009) indicated that emotional intelligence plays a role in the wellbeing of individuals. Specifically, emotional intelligence is suggested to be an important predictor of crucial organizational consequences such as job satisfaction (Daus & Ashkanasy, 2005). Gender is another variable that is proposed as having a relationship with the concepts of emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. All over the world, many organizations are studying their employees’ satisfaction, feelings and attitudes not only to plan on how to allocate rewards and possibilities but also they do it because they are worried more about their employees’ feeling toward their jobs (Golparvar & Qazvi, 2010).