Emotional Intelligence and the Workplace

Title: What is Emotional Intelligence? Published By: The School of Life Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgUCyWhJf6s Summary: The video does a good job explaining what is emotional intelligence and the importance of its meaning and effect of a person's intelligence level. Along with the importance of developing IQ, EI should also be taught and improved.  The term intelligence is often used as a general quality to describe a person's ability to do well. Emotional intelligence is the quality that allows people to approach the many problems that are faced in our affective relationship with ourselves and other people by having patience, insight, and imagination.  A person can be successful and referred to be as clever but may be lacking in an area regarding their personal life. One could be powerful and wealthy but feel miserable on the inside, which is the emotional intelligent aspect of a person's level of intelligence. You are considered emotionally intelligent if you...

Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Published By: Valamis https://www.valamis.com/hub/emotional-intelligence-in-the-workplace Summary: What is emotional intelligence (EI)? Valamis defines EI as a person's ability to identify, understand, manage and harness their own emotions and the people around them. It is said to be an important skill as it has become an area of interest across multiple disciplines including the workplace. Employees who have high emotional intelligence is said to be inclined to a better career development and is more beneficial for their organization. The benefits they provide is a better team relationship and a positive work culture. Employees who doesn't have high emotional intelligence tend to struggle to manage their feelings. Which results to them acting impulsively without consideration of the consequences of their actions. Emotional intelligence in the workplace can be seen with colleagues supporting each other reducing stress, giving constructive...

Improving Emotional Intelligence (EQ) By: Jeanne Segal, Melinda Smith, Lawrence Robinson and Jennifer Shubin https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/emotional-intelligence-eq.htm Summary:      Emotional intelligence requires having the skills to help us build stronger relationships, communication skills, and our ability to show empathy towards other people. It helps us with our success and to be able to achieve our personal and career goals.        The four attributes mentioned that increases our emotional intelligence are self management, self awareness, social awareness, and relationship management which are all interconnected. Self management is the ability to control our feelings and behaviors during any situations and taking appropriate actions rather than acting on our emotions which could result in making irrational decisions. Self awareness is understanding our own strengths and weaknesses, and recognizing how our emotions affect ...

Emotional Intelligence Lessons From Inside Out  By: Sinead Collins https://omtglobal.com/5-lessons-emotional-intelligence-pixars-inside/ The movie Inside Out is a great representation of developing one's emotional intelligence. It describes the mind of an 11 year old girl name Riley who is experiencing a huge transition in her life, trying to overcome the difficulties that comes with relocating at a young age.  They mention five lessons and the first one is managing your emotions. Emotions are in control of our behaviors. So when we are losing control of a situation its best to take a moment to observe our emotions and regain control, therefore we can make better decisions. Naturally we tend to make a decision in a split second letting our emotions take control, therefore we end up making a choice that can leave us regretting. Another lesson is to become aware of and challenging your perceptions. The parents emotions were shown for a scenario during dinner and it showed how di...

Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: What You Should Know  By Colin Baker   https://leaders.com/articles/personal-growth/emotional-intelligence-in-the-workplace/  Behaviors to Maintaining a Healthy Work Environment Generally a person with high IQ tends to get better opportunities because they're more intelligent. As of recent times it has progressed to increase hiring people with high Emotional Intelligence (EI) in addition to having high IQ. A workplace with high emotional intelligence will find communication between employees easier as they are continuously exchanging ideas or asking questions which produces an overall improved performance.  Being capable of being emotionally intelligent is having the ability of self awareness, self regulation, empathy, and social skill.  Self Awareness Everyone has strengths and weaknesses to improve on themselves and become a better individual for their own sake and their surroundings. Having self awareness is realizing ...