Emotional Intelligence

WHY THE NEED FOR EQ

motivation

self regulation

Empathy

creating a sense of communal drive

establishing a desire to achieve more than for yourself

they are able to control feelings and use them to their advantage

those with self regulation are not bound or controlled by their feelings

why does self regulation matter

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extreme displays of negative emotion unlikely to result in effective leadership

Considering others feelings

Self-Awareness

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Self aware individuals:

  • Allows for another other qualities to be seen; such as organisational skills, dealing with people, reading people (etc)
  • can always work on IQ, benefit to be born with EQ.
  • creation of potential leaders if they have good EQ skills, due to the fact that they can be moulded into the jobs that they have to do.

Why

Identifying self-aware individuals:

Increasing reliance on teams

Rapid rate of globalisation

  • how feelings effect themselves, others as well as job performance
  • have a wide understanding of their own emotions, strengths, weaknesses, needs and drives
  • good understanding of values and goals

War on talent (i.e. mentoring and coaching)

raising the bar and tracking performance

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Social Skill

Benefits

Wide network within and outside organisation

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Find it easy to establish common ground with a diverse range of people

  • able to admit failure

Culmination of other dimensions of emotional intelligence - allows competency in other dimensions to be employed

  • recognise limitations and strengths

Leaders in control of their feelings are more likely to
create trusting and inclusive work environments

In highly volatile environments where one’s
adaptability dictates survival and success, self regulations enhances one’s adaptability to change

Can lead to greater integrity in leaders

Empirical evidence that supports a positive

relationship between emotional intelligence and

leader/organisational performance

  • able to speak openly about their emotions