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14- Emotional Intelligence for
Leaders
An organization is made up of people and when people are involved,
emotions automatically come into play, and a workplace is no different. It
would be unwise to assume that a workplace is all objective, no-emotion only
performance kind of a packed room where hormones have no scope to
creep in however the fact is that emotions alone are the biggest motivator or
de-motivator of an employee.
The emotions alone, govern the performance and efficiency of a worker and
had it not been the case, we would have never talked about the importance
of work-life balance and for the present context, the need of emotionally
intelligent leaders.
It is important for a leader to be highly sensitized to the emotional aspects of
his/her transactions with people. Emotional Intelligence is basically the ability
to recognize and understand one’s own feelings and emotions as well as
those of others and use that information to manage emotions and
relationships.
The 4 important aspects of Emotional Intelligence (EI) as proposed by Daniel
Goleman are:
Self Awareness
Self Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Management or Social Skills
By: Dr. Hussein Saad Certified Level 5
Leadership and Coach 42
+966 55 119 6445
Email: has@sajillat.com
