What is Emotional Intelligence?
A set of emotional and social skills that collectively establish how individuals:
EI can be cultivated, developed and change over time. Through the test-retest model improvements can be tracked over time.
Therefore it is not the innate characteristics we are born with, such as:
Perceive and express themselves
Develop & maintain social relationships
Use emotional information in an effective & meaningful way
Cope with challenges
IQ
Personality
Being overly emotional
Why is EI important?
Emotional Intelligence is a key indicator of performance and development potential, enhancing improved wellbeing in the workplace. People higher in EI communicate effectively, form strong relationships and create powerful coping stratergies.
Through Transformational Leadership, individual EI strengths are developed, inspiring teamwork towards a common goal,
increasing productivity, while lowing employee turnover and.
Highly correlates
to Job Performance
Identifies effective Leadership Skills
Enhances Team
Cohesion &
Cooperation
Focuses on targetted areas
of development
Highlights areas of agreement and/or discrepencies between self and external perceptions
Improves overall
Well-Being