WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW -Emotional Intelligence Is the Other Kind of Smart.
When emotional intelligence first appeared in the media in 1995, it provided the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of success—IQ. Decades of research now points to emotional intelligence as the critical factor that sets star performers apart.
Emotional Intelligence Is Linked to Performance.
Emotional intelligence is the single biggest predictor of performance in the workplace and the strongest driver of leadership and personal excellence. When tested alongside 33 other important workplace skills, emotional intelligence was found to be the strongest predictor of performance, explaining a full 58% of success in all types of jobs.
Emotional intelligence includes four core skills that combine under two primary competencies: personal competence and social competence.
Personal competence is your self-awareness and self-management skills, which focus more on you individually than on your interactions with other people.
- Self-Awareness is your ability to accurately perceive your emotions and stay aware of them as they happen.
- Self-Management is your ability to use your awareness of your emotions to remain flexible and positively direct your behavior.
Social competence is your social awareness and relationship management skills; it is your ability to understand other people’s moods, behavior, and motives in order to improve the quality of your relationships.
- Social Awareness is your ability to accurately perceive emotions in other people and understand what is really going on.
- Relationship Management is your ability to use your awareness of your own emotions and those of others to manage interactions successfully.
Good News! Emotional Intelligence Can Be Developed.
Using strategies to increase your emotional intelligence allows the billions of microscopic neurons lining the road between the rational and emotional centers of your brain to branch off small “arms” (much like a tree) to reach out to the other cells. A single cell can grow 15,000 connections with its neighbors. This chain reaction of growth ensures it’s easier to kick this new behavior into action in the future. Once you train your brain by repeatedly using new emotional intelligence strategies, emotionally intelligent behaviors become habits!
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