Leadership Series: Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient

Emotional intelligence (otherwise also known as emotional quotient or EQ) helps in building stronger relationships, success at work, and achieving career and personal goals. It can also help one to connect with their feelings, turn intention into action, and make informed decisions about what matters most.

 

Defining EQ / EI

Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to perceive, use, understand and manage emotions. People with high emotional intelligence can recognize their own emotions and those of others, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, and adjust emotions to adapt to environments.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.

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