How to Boost Emotional Intelligence to Become a Better Leader

“What does it take to be a better leader?” — a lot of things: all kinds of great stuff like communication skills, vision, motivations, and emotional intelligence (EI). EI is the ability to identify and manage our own emotions and the emotions of others. Though, it defines our professional growth and how people interpret us as a leader.

Emotional intelligence is all about people and relationships:

In seeing that people skills could make all the difference, Carnegie effectively popularized in his books the idea of emotional intelligence, decades before it was established as a fact in academic psychology.

Are you aware of how your emotions affect your success in life?

For sure, if you have good emotional intelligence and lower levels of general intelligence, you can still be a great leader. However, if you have lower levels of emotional intelligence and good general intelligence, you will struggle to be a good leader.

How can we help ourselves with developing EI?

Empathy is the most valuable personality trait one can have. It’s defined as the intellectual ability to put yourself in someone else’s place and understand their feelings.

Besides, it also means understanding the needs of others, be willing to…

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