Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence is made up of four parts: (1) Emotional Self-Awareness--the ability to be aware of, to understand, and to express oneself (2) Emotional Social-Awareness--the ability to be aware of, to understand, and to relate to others (3) Emotional Self-Management--the ability to deal with strong emotions and control one's impulses (4) Emotional Relationship-Management--the ability to adapt to change and to solve personal or social problems Research indicates that tapping into the power of emotional intelligence when working with people supports the achievement of more powerful results than solely accessing technical knowledge and skills. Howard Gardner is attributed with recognizing the concept that has come to be called Emotional Intelligence (EI). Daniel Goleman has also conducted recent research and consolidated the findings of others in this area. Two Integrated Perspectives Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to understand other people: what motivates them, how they work, how to work cooperatively with them.
Successful salespeople, politicians, clinicians, and religious leaders are likely to be individuals with high degrees of interpersonal intelligence. Intrapersonal intelligence is a correlative ability, turned inward. It is a capacity to form an accurate model of oneself and to be able to use it to operate effectively. When these factors are missing, the results can damage both career growth and a person's well-being. Why? Because conventional intelligence is not enough to be effective in today's business environment. Our brains give us the abilities to reason, create, love and dream. But they also give the abilities for worry, suppression and rationalization. The brain is simply trying to protect us, because its primary function is to keep us from being harmed.