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Emotional Intelligence And Leadership

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Emotional intelligence and Leadership

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEADERSHIP 2

In most professional circles, emotions are viewed as a distraction from clear thinking.

Passion needs to be set aside before taking on complicated problems. Emotions cannot be a

factor as leaders engage in rational evaluation, critical thinking and problem-solving. The

concept of emotional intelligence suggests the complete opposite approach. Emotional

intelligence suggests that emotions can be used to help leaders think clearly and engage in

critical thinking, better communication and problem-solving. Yale former Provost and now

president, Peter Salovey, an expert in emotional intelligence and leadership expounds on how

emotional intelligence can be used to improve people’s thinking, behavior and decision-making

abilities. This paper reflects on how an emotion-based system can be channeled to help people

become better thinkers and leaders.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor your feelings and those of others around

you, evaluate and discriminate them then use that information to guide your thinking and actions.

In order to apply emotional intelligence and have the most profitable results, leaders need to have

to regulate and control their emotions first. Emotional intelligence involves four skills, the ability

to identify emotion accurately in yourself and in others, the ability to understand emotions and

use language to describe them, the ability to manage emotions and the ability to use emotions as

a source of information. With these four skills, leaders can use emotional intelligence to resolve

conflicts between the people they work with or people who work for them, negotiate to get better

deals for their organization and behave appropriately in all business dealings and while in the

office according to the emotions of those around them.

According to small studies conducted by Salovey and his colleagues, there exists a

correlation between emotional intelligence and better leadership skills. People who measure as

having high emotional intelligence are more likely to be good leaders. In a study involving ten

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Running head: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEADERSHIP Emotional intelligence and Leadership Name of student Professor’s name Course title Date 1 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEADERSHIP 2 In most professional circles, emotions are viewed as a distraction from clear thinking. Passion needs to be set aside before taking on complicated problems. Emotions cannot be a factor as leaders engage in rational evaluation, critical thinking and problem-solving. The concept of emotional intelligence suggests the complete opposite approach. Emotional intelligence suggests that emotions can be used to help leaders think clearly and engage in critical thinking, better communication and problem-solving. Yale former Provost and now president, Peter Salovey, an expert in emotional intelligence and leadership expounds on how emotional intelligence can be used to improve people’s thinking, behavior and decision-making abilities. This paper reflects on how an emotion-based system can be channeled to help people become better thinkers and leaders. Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor your feelings and those of others around you, evaluate and discriminate them then use that information to ...
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