Emotional intelligence is widely known to be a key component of effective leadership.
The ability to be perceptively in tune with yourself and your emotions, as well as having sound situational awareness can be a powerful tool for leading a team.
The act of knowing, understanding, and responding to emotions, overcoming stress in the moment, and being aware of how your words and actions affect others, is described as emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence for leadership can consist of these five attributes: self-awareness, self-management, empathy, relationship management, and effective communication.
Leader of one of the fastest growing digital marketing agencies in the country, I have experienced many emotions and become very aware of how those emotions can have a positive or negative effect on my ability to inspire and lead a team.
I Word Understanding
Perceptively in tune– having or showing an ability to understand or notice something easily or quickly.
Situational awareness– is the ability to identify, process, and comprehend the critical elements of information about what is happening to the team with regards to the mission.
Relationship management– A strategy employed by an organization in which a continuous level of engagement is maintained between the organization and its audience.
II Have your say
1. Here are emotional intelligence competencies required for effective leadership
• Self-Assessment
• Self-regulation
• Empathy and Compassion
• Relationship Management
• Effective Communication
2. Have you ever taken an I.Q. or other intelligence test?
3. Are you logical?
440 5 types of emotional intelligence all great leaders have mastered
