Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

What is Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to understand and manage your emotions of yourself as an individual. It also means that you can recognize and influence the emotions of those around you. The most important thing to be known is that this was the term coined in 1990 by researchers John Mayer and Peter Salovey. But the popularity of this word came after psychologist DanielGoleman.

Advantages of Emotional intelligence

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They are empathetic, warm people and are having the ability to understand how people feel and how they behave in certain ways.

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Apart from this, they are the ones having good and excellent interpersonal skills and can articulate ideas effectively.

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These are the type of employees that are very much driven and enthusiastic about their work and can maintain a positive outlook.

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Lastly, their greater ability of them helps them to remain calm and composed in the face of stress.