One of the consistent findings in organizational research is good leaders need to be self-aware. Getting to understand yourself can be a stressful experience. Many people think that psychologists constantly psychoanalyse those around them. This can be painful at parties when people become suspicious of you.
In therapy, one tries to get a patient to be self-aware and this can be very stressful for them. To understand yourself thoroughly, you need to explore at some depth your value framework, your deep drives, your motivation and goals. In my work and organizations I train leaders to become self-aware to increase their effectiveness. My goal is simple - I believe that being self-aware increases self-assurance and the capacity to manage stress and overcome stressful situations. Being self-aware is vitally important to maintaining healthy and fulfilling relationships.
Daniel Goleman has been credited with developing extensive interest in the concept of emotional intelligence. I believe that if you have a high level of emotional intelligence you will manage your personal and work life much more effectively. There is plenty of research which suggests that leaders who have high emotional intelligence are more successful in the workplace. They earn more money and their teams are more highly productive. This is not the case with leaders with low emotional intelligence.
A simple definition of emotional intelligence is one's capacity to understand oneself and others and to be able to adapt to the emotional demands and interactions of the day.
Oddly enough, the feelings of the people around you affect your own emotional state. The brain's limbic system is the area where we can examine moods and emotions. People react to each other's emotions and in meetings, for example, it takes two hours for everyone to share the common mood of the meeting. There is constant interchange of emotionality in the workplace.
There is one research study which produced amazing results. Just sitting two people together in one room and allowing them to talk with each other, with their individual heart rate and blood pressure levels monitored, showed that within 5 to 10 minutes their heart rate and blood pressure were almost identical. And the same outcome was noted when they just sat together and didn't talk! How spooky is that?
If we do share common emotionality, it is obvious that we are constantly affecting the ones around us. If we are stressed, our partners at work colleagues are stressed as well. You need to know how you are feeling and how this impacts others. How others feel, especially if they are angry or discontented, affects us too. None of these bad feelings are healthy or productive. They add to the tension and stress we feel in the workplace.
What is the alternative? If you are happy, self-aware, stress free, and have a positive self-esteem you are likely to be happy in your relationships and happy in the workplace. You will probably be very effective in developing and enjoying healthy relationships. You'll know how to manage and relieve stress and your life will be blessed.
I hope this brief introduction to emotional intelligence gives you some understanding of how important the concept is in your daily life. There are five parts of emotional intelligence and we measure: understanding ourselves, understanding others, being adaptable, general mood, and stress management. There are often great variations in an individual's profile on these five dimensions. Some people can be high on interpersonal understanding and have very limited self-awareness. Of course it makes life much more interesting for the purpose of this article, the most important issue is how well people manage stress through self-awareness.
In therapy, one tries to get a patient to be self-aware and this can be very stressful for them. To understand yourself thoroughly, you need to explore at some depth your value framework, your deep drives, your motivation and goals. In my work and organizations I train leaders to become self-aware to increase their effectiveness. My goal is simple - I believe that being self-aware increases self-assurance and the capacity to manage stress and overcome stressful situations. Being self-aware is vitally important to maintaining healthy and fulfilling relationships.
Daniel Goleman has been credited with developing extensive interest in the concept of emotional intelligence. I believe that if you have a high level of emotional intelligence you will manage your personal and work life much more effectively. There is plenty of research which suggests that leaders who have high emotional intelligence are more successful in the workplace. They earn more money and their teams are more highly productive. This is not the case with leaders with low emotional intelligence.
A simple definition of emotional intelligence is one's capacity to understand oneself and others and to be able to adapt to the emotional demands and interactions of the day.
Oddly enough, the feelings of the people around you affect your own emotional state. The brain's limbic system is the area where we can examine moods and emotions. People react to each other's emotions and in meetings, for example, it takes two hours for everyone to share the common mood of the meeting. There is constant interchange of emotionality in the workplace.
There is one research study which produced amazing results. Just sitting two people together in one room and allowing them to talk with each other, with their individual heart rate and blood pressure levels monitored, showed that within 5 to 10 minutes their heart rate and blood pressure were almost identical. And the same outcome was noted when they just sat together and didn't talk! How spooky is that?
If we do share common emotionality, it is obvious that we are constantly affecting the ones around us. If we are stressed, our partners at work colleagues are stressed as well. You need to know how you are feeling and how this impacts others. How others feel, especially if they are angry or discontented, affects us too. None of these bad feelings are healthy or productive. They add to the tension and stress we feel in the workplace.
What is the alternative? If you are happy, self-aware, stress free, and have a positive self-esteem you are likely to be happy in your relationships and happy in the workplace. You will probably be very effective in developing and enjoying healthy relationships. You'll know how to manage and relieve stress and your life will be blessed.
I hope this brief introduction to emotional intelligence gives you some understanding of how important the concept is in your daily life. There are five parts of emotional intelligence and we measure: understanding ourselves, understanding others, being adaptable, general mood, and stress management. There are often great variations in an individual's profile on these five dimensions. Some people can be high on interpersonal understanding and have very limited self-awareness. Of course it makes life much more interesting for the purpose of this article, the most important issue is how well people manage stress through self-awareness.
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