What is your Emotional IQ? Why does it matter?

Just about everyone has heard of an IQ (intelligence quotient), in general, your IQ is an assessment of your ability to think and reason. IQ score is a standardized way of comparing this ability with the majority of people the same age as you are. IQ score fails to measure all aspects of what may lead one to many different successes in life. IQ alone is no more the only measure for succes in our academic, professional or personal life. This leads me, to another important quotent, the Emotional intelligence quotient.

WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions-a way of recognizing, understanding and choosing the way we react; key to developing and maintaing relationships of all types. Research suggests that emotional intelligence is learned and learnable.
"Emotional Intelligence," is defined by leading researchers Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer as, "the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions" (1990). Broken down: One should be able to, or strive to, Perceiving Emotions, Reasoning With Emotions, Understanding Emotions and Managing Emotions.

To perceive emotions is to, accurately interpret them. In many cases, this might involve understanding somones nonverbal signals such as body language and facial expressions.

Reasoning with emotions promote thinking and cognitive activity. Emotions help prioritize what we pay attention and react to.

The way we understand the use of emotions plays a critical role in how we communicate and interact with others. If someone is expressing angry emotions, the observer must interpret the cause of their anger and what it might mean. For example, if your employee is acting angry( yelling, impatient, frowning, short tempered), it might mean that he/she is dissatisfied with the work load; or it could be because he/she got a flat tire on his/her way to work that morning or that he's/sh's been fighting with his/her significant other.

The ability to manage emotions effectively is a key part of emotional intelligence. Regulating emotions, responding appropriately and responding to the emotions of others are all important aspect of emotional management.

Your Emotinal IQ is key to successful relationships in the workplace and at home.

In our Emotional Intelligence Workshops you will
Build  your Emotional Literacy
Learn how High Achievers think
Learn how to Develop self-control
Learn how to keep disruptive emotions in check and motivate yourself
Learn how to nurture realtionsips and be a trong team player at work, school an at home
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