Emotional Intelligence

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"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 to speak accurately and openly-although not necessarily effusively or confessionally-about their emotions and the impact they have on their work. Self-regulation matters so much for leaders in such a way that people who are in control of their feelings and impulses are able to create an environment of trust and fairness. Motivations are driven to achieve beyond expectations-their own and everyone else’s. Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle but important ways. Social skill allows leaders to put their emotional intelligence to work. The process to achieve emotional intelligence through social skill is not easy. It takes time and, most of all, commitment. But the benefits that come from having a well-dv0020developed emotional intelligence, both for the individual and for the organization, make it worth the effort. INTRODUCTION

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to understand and manage both your own emotions, and those of the people around you. People with a high degree of emotional intelligence usually know what they're feeling, what this means, and how their emotions can affect other people. For leaders, having emotional intelligence is essential for success. After all, who is more likely to succeed – a leader who shouts at his team when he's under stress, or a leader who stay in control, and calmly assesses the situation? Every businessperson knows a story about a highly intelligent, highly skilled executive who was promoted into a leadership position only to fail at the job. And they also know a story about someone with not extraordinary intellectual abilities and technical skills was promoted into a similar position and then soared. So identifying individuals with the “right stuff” to be leaders is more art than science. EVALUATING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

There are two steps proceeding to reach emotional intelligent. They are pure technical skills and cognitive abilities. Most large companies today have employed trained psychologists to develop what are known as “competency models” to aid them in identifying, training, and promoting likely stars in the leadership firmament. To create some of the competency models, psychologists asked senior managers at the companies to identify and list the capabilities that typified the organization’s most outstanding leaders. The list ranged in length from 7 to 15 items and included such ingredient as initiative and strategic vision. When the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence was calculated, emotional intelligence proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels. Other researchers have confirmed that emotional intelligence not only distinguishes outstanding leaders but can also be linked to strong performance. Just as important, research is also demonstrating that people can, if they take the right approach, develop their emotional intelligence. SELF AWARENESS

Self-awareness means having a deep understanding of one’s emotions, strengths, weakness, needs, and drives. People with strong self-awareness are neither overly critical nor unrealistically hopeful. Rather, they are honest-with themselves and with...
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