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Essay / Emotional Intelligence - 1678
SummaryIn recent years, emotional intelligence has become one of the hottest topics among organizations. Research has been conducted from time to time on this subject, to demonstrate or refute the importance of feelings. At first, common thoughts from managers and/or supervisors were: emotions get in the way; emotions try to prevent us from making good decisions; emotions increase lack of concentration. Fortunately, research is indeed taking emotional intelligence to an ultimate ideal in which intelligence is based on emotions, and people who possess this ability are less depressed, healthier, more employable, and have better interactions. Emotional intelligence and leadership Managers need well-trained people. employees but discover that they do not exist. As a result, companies offer training to their employees. One such training program that companies are adding to their corporate learning environments is emotional intelligence awareness. Business leaders are learning that successful managers need high emotional intelligence to work effectively. Much attention has been devoted to emotional intelligence. Much research has been done on emotions and feelings applicable to work, school, and families in general. However, the term emotional intelligence has received much attention as a potentially useful reason for understanding and predicting individual job performance. Leaders view the potential of emotional intelligence as essential to success. Through their emotional intelligence, managers demarcate team boundaries and create an atmosphere conducive to relationship building, thereby creating stronger teams. This article...... middle of article ......n or procedures but also on their emotional intelligence, their level of ability to understand other individuals, which motivated them to work in a group with them. However, although there are various testing procedures for emotional intelligence, there is no theoretical measure of emotional intelligence. It is recommended that organizations help their employees develop emotional skills, even in the absence of measurement, by employing action best practices. It is pertinent to suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and practiced, ultimately creating a wiser and more profitable business situation, and that leadership would benefit from considering the emotional intelligence of subordinates and its effects on the leadership process..