Emotional insecurity

There are several scientists and psychologists that feel that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is just as important if not more important than Intelligence Quotient (IQ). EI focuses on five areas of emotions: self-awareness, how you manage emotions, motivation, empathy, and social skills. I will attempt in this paper to explain how I manage each of these categories in my daily life. I will start with the first one, self-awareness. I feel that I am very aware of my self-awareness and always try to…

In this essay I will talk about emotional intelligence in the workplace. Emotional intelligence is the ability to read and respond to emotions that pertain to yourself and other people, on a personal level when you are demonstrating emotional intelligence you’re aware of what you’re feeling and you’re able to respond to that effectively to produce the behavior that you want on a social side of things. Emotional intelligence is really picking up on what other people are feeling, what they’re…

Locus of control is one of the important dimension of an individual’s personality that is closely linked with interpersonal and organisational behaviour. Locus of control indicates the degree to which people believe that they are in control of their lives. The concept was first conceived by Julian Rotter in the 1950s. It was initially known in the name of ‘Locus of control of reinforcement’. Rotter opined that behaviour was largely controlled by outcomes such as rewards and punishments.…

Intelligence is based within one’s self phenomena and it is generally concur that the nature of this energy is obscure (Wechsler, 1958). Every individual is intelligent in their own ways such as sports, academics, etc. As they are many different ways to be intelligent, there are many definitions proposed. Alfred Binet, who invented the first practical intelligence test proposed that intelligence is the inclination to take and maintain a particular direction and capacity to bring about a goal…

1. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: IN THEORY AND PRACTICE AT WORKPLACE-A CASE STUDY Salovey and Mayer defined Emotional Intelligence (EI) as “the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and action.” Psychologist/journalist Daniel Goleman (1995) popularized the construct defining EI as: “The capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others,…

A human being is capable of performing three tasks that determine who they are: emotional intelligence, personality, and intelligence quotient. Emotional intelligence is the capability to be aware of, control, and express emotions. Being able to understand what emotional intelligence is, pinpointing the emotional skills I have obtained, and how it makes me a better citizen can help shape the world for a brighter future Homosapiens evolved to become emotionally intelligent which helps the…

These are the days where EQ (Emotional Quotient) is preferred to IQ (Intelligence Quotient). EQ is the way to measure how a person adapts himself to the situation, how he recognizes and manages his/her emotions to work better in teams. In the scenario where EQ plays a major role for better results, there is a lot of importance for soft skills to manage and get the best out of it. Soft skills include many things like communication skills, personal habits etc.., which relates to the EQ of a…

1. Bernard Ebbers showed a lot of leadership because he had a lot of followers. His reputation and charisma created trust and loyalty. Bernard’s deviant behaviors came from him being obsessed with maintaining an unsustainable growth (The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace 2005). This lead to him and his subordinates doing unethical business practices. He showed leadership by cutting operating costs and investing most of his money back into the company stock. His…

The concept of Emotional Intelligence had been around for decades. Many practitioners have implemented the concept in education, leadership, and organization. For example, Goleman (1998) explains the importance of Emotional Intelligence in leadership practice. The Emotional Intelligence is a well-developed construct in Psychology, Education, and leadership study. In terms of defining Emotional Intelligence, Pope and Singer (1990) and Salovey and Mayer (1990) introduced one of the most cited…

Implementation and Evaluation Introduction Through regular implementation and evaluation of intervention strategies, members of different groups and their team leaders can together bring about considerable change in the effectiveness of the functioning of the group and even promote a higher level of participation. The implementation of leadership interventions refers to a process where the different aspects of all potential approaches are together, put into practice so as to be able to meet…