Emotional Intelligence Essay

I found the article The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence by Adam Grant very validating as I’ve started to question the messages our society is bombarded with on a daily basis. Between what we read in the media and what our political leaders say, I wonder if using EI in a negative sense is more prevalent that anyone thinks. A few years ago I took it upon myself to look outside local and national media sources to try to get to the ‘truth’. I’m not even sure you can get the ‘truth’ anymore,…

definition of intelligence. When taking about intelligence one typically resorts to the concept of cognitive intelligence which is a general mental capability that is defined as comprehending complex ideas, critical thinking processes and deriving a solution to a problem.…

Emotional Intelligence I believe I am lacking emotional intelligence because I don’t always manage my emotions well, but I can stay motivated when things are difficult in my life. There are many examples I could use, but I feel like the most recent would work best. Just a couple weeks ago I experienced myself acting irrationally towards my parents and I was neglecting their feelings, it all started when I began college. My parents were having a hard time with the transition of me not being home…

Emotional intelligence is the capability of an individual to be able to recognize their own emotions and those of others, and recognize the different feelings and be able to label them.Emotional intelligence also refers to a number of skills including the following, self-control, self-awareness, sensitivity, self-motivation, and more.There are many tests to see if a person has a high emotional intelligence.I believe emotional intelligence is used for a lot of things and it is also good for…

Daniel Goleman speaks highly of the concept of emotional intelligence in the business world in his article “What Makes a Leader.” The article, written in 1998, explains the components of emotional intelligence, why it is important, and how we can learn to incorporate it into our lives. Emotional intelligence is a beneficial quality over a leader. Qualities like intelligence, determination, and work ethic are important in leadership; they are not of high importance. Through research of many…

Project Management and the Importance of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Dr. Joan Bold Robert Campbell Webster University 11/10/17 Introduction Management author Fred Fiedler wrote, “Leadership is the use of influence to accomplish a task” (F. Fielder, A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967). This point is reinforced in Working with Emotional Intelligence, a book written by Daniel Goleman in which he explains the importance of understanding and dealing with people…

Personal Benefits: In the first chapter of the student EQ edge workbook the workbook covers an introduction of emotional intelligence. The chapter defines and outlines emotional intelligence. Chapter one introduces, self-perception, stress management, decision making, interpersonal, and self-expression. The second chapter goes over case studies of emotionally intelligent behavior. Chapter two covers nine case studies of people/students that are suffering with problems most people face.…

NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE The concept of emotional intelligence in the Indian context is embedded in its highly valued social concerns, virtues, religious traditions and cultural practices. India often treats individual inclination as consistent with duty or dharma. The Indian's view of self is characterized more as interdependent. Indians develop a morality of caring which emphasizes broad and relatively known contingent interpersonal obligation -a familial view of interpersonal relationship and…

The idea of emotional intelligence was introduced by John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey, which is defined as ‘the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and action’ ( 1990, cited in Rego et al. 2010, p. 189). In a healthcare setting, Emotional Intelligence, often known as Emotional Quotient (EQ), is the capacity of the care providers to discern, assess and control emotions of their own selves and of other…

To assess my emotional intelligence has proved to be a deserving achievement for me in the area of finding the emotional state of my mind and how my emotional intelligence interact with the environment around me. It has shown how actions can affect feelings, and behaviors of an individual in the society. Psychology shows the relationships individual have with emotional intelligence competencies, the interaction one have with environment and the respond to influences that affect one’s emotions…