2. Identify the benefits of
emotional intelligence
Having a non-emotional culture can have bad effect on success and efficiency.
These negativities cause a breakdown in culture.
Some of the benefits of emotional intelligence are:
1. Better teamwork
2. Better workplace environment
3. Greater self-awareness
4. self-control
5. Empathy
6. Social skills
7. Emotional regulation
3. Better teamwork
People who are emotionally intelligent are better in communicating with the
others, so they are better in working as a team.
They accept the ideas of others and are open to them unlike a person with less
emotional intelligence. They do not try to take the complete control.
These emotionally intelligent workers respect the values of their co-workers and
accept them openly.
4. Better workplace environment
Employees that are socially intelligent contribute to a higher level of team morale.
When the workplace is full of people who love and have a good relationship with
one another, the business culture is far better.
5. Greater self-awareness
Emotionally intelligent people are more aware of their strengths and negativities.
They use these strengths and weaknesses for their betterment.
Managers are used to working with employees who become aggressive in the face
of direct criticism, which can lead to resentment and obstruct efficiency. Employees
have a hard time knowing their limits at times.
A person who is self-aware knows what he can do in the stipulated time and does
not over promise anything.
6. Self-control
Not everyone knows how to react in tough situations, but an emotionally
intelligent person knows how to tackle such situations. Many a times, the situations
at workplace are not ideal or satisfactory.
Sometimes one must deal with an unhappy employee or a strict boss, an
emotionally intelligent person does not feel tensed in these situations, rather stay
positive and cope with them.
People with high emotional intelligence understand that behaving irrationally or
emotionally would only exacerbate the problem.
They can exercise composure and displaying their emotions in a balanced manner
only when necessary.
7. Empathy
Having empathy for others lead to development of stronger relationships. Empathy
enables people to feel others and the reasons they react in different manners.
It allows us to anticipate how our behaviors can influence others and ourselves.
Having empathy increases our experiences, helps us understand ourselves better
and improves our relationships.
8. Social skills
Having good social skills enhances the ability to behave in a better, positive way in
situations.
All the components of emotional intelligence make our social skills strong and
better. It increases the ability to communicate in clear and courteous ways.
9. Emotional regulation
Emotional regulation helps us to not react impulsively in certain tough situations.
Self-confidence is built by learning to understand bad thoughts and giving
ourselves the time and space to figure out ways to minimize or reduce them.
It allows us to consider various solutions of a problem in order to understand the
problem in a better way. It is important not to react only emotionally but
thoughtfully.