The Business Bulletin - Issue 19

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Business Bulletin

What is emotional intelligence and why does it matter? Back in 2018 LinkedIn published an article that referred to the following statistic from talentsmarteq.com; “People with high emotional intelligence earn, on average, $29,000 more annually than those who score low on EQ — People who perform well get paid more, and there is a direct correlation between salary and emotional intelligence. For each percentage-point increase in EQ, a person can add $1300 to their annual salary.”

That is a staggering statistic and as it

monitor one’s own and other people’s

was from 2018 who knows what those

emotions, to discriminate between

figures would show now. We know it

different emotions and label them

makes a difference but what is it and

appropriately, and to use emotional

how do you increase it?

information to guide thinking and

■ Actively listen to others

behaviour”.

■ Understand the nonverbals

Emotional intelligence (EI or EQ) has been defined, by Peter Salovey and John Mayer, as “the ability to

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In very simple terms a high level of EQ gives you the following abilities;

■ Recognise your emotions ■ Recognise and relate to the emotions of others

cues of behaviour in active communication


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