Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is an important characteristic in becoming a good leader. “Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage oneself and one's relationships in mature and constructive ways” (Kinicki & Kreitner, 2009, p.137).Being a good leader entails more than just being smart; leaders need to be able to connect to their employees emotionally and empathetically. Organizations today not only look for leaders with the skills, but leaders that can emotionally connect
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Finding the Right Style of Leadership: Using The Emotional Intelligence Approach Many people have brought various different approaches in regards to leadership. One of the main approaches to leadership is emotional intelligence for leadership (or for short, emotional leadership). Emotional leadership can be defined in many ways. We will define it as; “the capacity to reason about emotions, and of emotions to enhance thinking. It includes the abilities to accurately perceive emotions, to access
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Emotional Intelligence Sherissa M. Christian AIU - Aspects of Psychology: SSCI206 - 1401B - 19 Abstract The description of my test results told me that I was reasonably skilled with the ability to identify, perceive, and express emotions in myself and to others. These skills form the ground of my ability to relate to the emotions of other people as well as the ability to understand myself. Emotional Intelligence is defined, by John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey, as the ability to monitor one's
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Emotional Intelligence Students Name University Affiliation Course Details Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is the possession of an ability one has to monitor and properly manage their emotions in an intelligent way such that they cannot take over you or even affect the process of decision making. The issue can also be expanded to mean the ability to understand others emotions that aids in knowing reasons for their behavior and ensuring effective communication with them. Examples of
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Are you Emotionally Intelligent? 08/19/2012 Abstract Are you emotionally intelligent enough to manage a team of employees? We will look at different ways to improve your emotional intelligence and why it is important in the workplace and at home. We will look at some ways to improve your own emotional intelligence. We will look at some reasons why this is important to have and utilize in our everyday lives. Do you have what it takes to work in a Human Resources department? Are you emotionally
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important than IQ AND that it can be taught- has rippling effects into how we might think about teaching and assessing students. That being said, this is only a summary of his ideas: Goleman states that while IQ gets you in the door, it is emotional intelligence, EI, that is the greatest factor for leadership. IQ and technical skills "are the entry level requirements for positions.... [whereas] EI is the sine qua non of leadership. "(p.1) He breaks down EI into 5 categories: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation
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VALUES, MOTIVATIONS, AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE A number of years ago, I was employed by a large county hospital located in the Metroplex area. Prior to agreeing to accept the position, I’d researched and learned the hospital system was in the process of restructuring. The department I would be working in seemed to be refocusing its efforts and attention toward meeting the needs of more area residents than ever before (via implementing creative outreach and educational-based health programs in
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See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/247166550 Development and validation of a measure of emotional intelligence, Pers ARTICLE in PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES · AUGUST 1998 Impact Factor: 1.86 · DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00001-4 CITATIONS 865 7 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Lena Hall Charles J Golden Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University 5 PUBLICATIONS 870 CITATIONS
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Emotional Intelligence comprises specific skills behaviors, and attitudes that can be learned, applied and modeled by individuals to improve personal satisfaction and career effectiveness (Nelson & Low, 2003). In other words, emotionally intelligent skills are developed to help lecturers cope with daily multiple tasks and provide substantial growth and psychological health. According to Goleman (1998) asserts that emotional intelligence, not IQ, forecast a workplace
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Emotional intelligence (EI) also known as Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups (Wikipedia, 2012). It is the ability to know when to talk to people and when to clam up, when to approach the boss for a salary increase or wait for the most opportune time, and it is the ability to gauge people’s abilities and your own in given situations. David Goleman, science journalist for
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