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I invite you to dive into the world of emotional intelligence with me. In this blog, we will explore the depths of our emotions, unravel the mysteries of human connections, and embark on a journey toward better understanding ourselves and others. Get ready to explore the realms of emotional intelligence like never before. Let's begin
Emotionl Intelligence (EI) is the ability identify, understand and manage your own emotions and those of others. The World Economic Forum ranks emotional intelligence as one of the top skills needed to excel at work. The McKinsey Group identifies the need for social and emotional skills to grow at a much faster pace than cognitive skills. And Experts assert that these soft skills are essential for success in today’s global market. Josh Millet, founder and CEO of Criteria Corp, is one of those business leaders who believes emotional intelligence is increasingly viewed as a critical and strategic ability for the modern workforce.
Benefits Of Emotional Intelligence
“In practical terms, people with well-developed emotional intelligence can create and manage relationships more effectively,” Millet told me by email. “They can work well with others, regulate their emotions appropriately, understand how others are feeling and influence and inspire people. Many researchers have found strong links between EI and important organizational behaviors including leadership, performance on the job, organizational citizenship, commitment and teamwork.”
Now more than ever, employers want to hire emotionally intelligent people, and why wouldn’t they? Employees with a high degree of emotional intelligence (EI) know what they’re feeling, what their emotions mean and how these emotions can affect other people. They’re also adept at harnessing their emotions to help them solve problems effectively. Emotionally intelligent workers make better collaborators, they reduce toxicity in work environments and overall, cultivate a less stressful workplace for themselves and their colleagues. Millet explains that EI is especially critical in roles that require building and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships (such as leadership or sales roles), roles that require emotional resilience (like healthcare or emergency response) or where emotional labor (managing feelings and emotions to maintain a job or a relationship) is central to the work role.
How To Know If You Have EI
But is emotional intelligence actually quantifiable?
How are employers evaluating the friendliness, personability and sociability of workers before they’ve even seen them interact with others? Millet says typically an objective test is used because job seekers aren’t always good judges of their own emotion-based abilities and tendencies. They might be prone to select the answer that they believe will be most impressive, rather than the most accurate answer.
Plus, as a general rule we tend to overestimate our own self-awareness. He cites research in the Harvard Business Review showing that 95% of us think we are self-aware, but only 10 to 15% actually are self-aware. For that reason, standardized objective assessments are the best measurements of emotional intelligeSkills
How Can Apply EI Skills
An EY Consulting survey found that 90% of U.S. workers believe empathetic leadership leads to higher job satisfaction, and 79% say it decreases employee turnover. Business leaders report that they’re pressured to care more, show more empathy and compassion and be kinder. While those soft skills are essential, many leaders—especially men—often look with a blank stare, clueless on how to apply those skills.
What does this mean for leaders who don’t know how to express their own feelings or deal with those of others? Do they sit and cry with employees? Do they try to counsel them or try to be vulnerable when they don’t know how? Maybe it’s time to explicate exactly how leaders who have been trained only in hard skills can learn ways to show emotional intelligence.
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