Emotional Quotient – Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) are aimed at helping you to be more effective.

Emotions are a critical part of who we are and they either help or hinder everything we do. They influence our choices, decisions and interpretations of what others are thinking and feeling. Even ‘unemotional’ leaders’ performance is impacted by how they interpret and/or ignore other’s emotions.

The higher our EQ, the better we are able to let our emotions inform our decisions instead of being hijacked by our emotions.

Leaders with lower EQ are less effective at managing themselves and the emotions on their teams. Their emotions either take over and sabotage relationships and trust or they fail to react and loose their team’s respect.

Higher EQ scores are linked with higher levels of success and higher wages. But, only about a third of us are able to accurately identify our emotions as they happen.

This is a big problem but there is good news. Unlike your IQ or your personality, you can increase your EQ!

Increase your EQ

“Effective leadership doesn’t happen just because someone has a long-rage vision. It happens in the moment-to-moment incidents of our work lives.” – Daniel A. Feldman, Ph.D.

Each of these incidents, each interaction is another opportunity to align your team toward a common goal. To get them moving past their normal hangup and working effectively to get things done.

As with everything, it starts with the leader. It starts with you.

	Personal	Social
Awareness	SELF-AWARENESS	SOCIAL AWARENESS
Management	SELF-MANAGEMENT	RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Discover your EQ and Develop your Action Plan

Higher Emotional Intelligence has been linked to

Greater Levels of Success and Higher Pay