Apr 26, 2018

How To Use Emotional Intelligence Leadership Development Skills

By Scott Gibson


Newer discoveries in the development of business skills make it easier. Emotional intelligence leadership development is one concept that was discovered in 1990 that enhances business skills. In a research paper by a couple of scientists it was identified as the ability of understand emotions and how they relate to relationships. It is also the ability to control both ones own emotions and that of others. It is a major ingredient in developing business skills.

The best training in the world, without this quality, even in a person with an incisive mind and plenty of ideas, won't mean the person will make a great leader. It requires a firm ability to exercise all the components of emotional intelligence to make a good leader. The trait is defined thoroughly in the paper by Mayer. It is composed of five components. These are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Based on their research, two psychology professors, John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey, first identified the components.

Self-awareness is the ability to see oneself plainly, with confidence. We enjoy creativeness, and can make sounder decisions. Communications and relationships are stronger. Lying, cheating, and stealing are less likely. We get more promotions, and our leadership is stronger, give more and better employees and better companies.

Another component is self-regulation. This means controlling negative emotions and impulses, thinking before acting, and being in control of oneself. One must know and control emotions. One need to motivate oneself and manage relationships. They must be calm and flexible with working with colleagues. They must calm down easily and be able to calm others by taking charge of situations.

The next component is motivation. This can be used by the leader to encourage other to do what they desire in life. It encourages the person to strive at what they want. A good business leader can influence self and employees to pursue there dreams. There is no specific pattern for encouragement, as each person has different needs and the leader must be aware of the different needs of their subordinates.

Empathy for others means one is able to recognizing their emotions, to understand things from their perspective. It means thinking beyond oneself, and realizing that people are probably not unkind or being unreasonable. They are more than likely responding to things based on the knowledge they have.

Communication is one of the aspects of social skills. The leader should be skilled in communicating with everyone and with conflict resolution with both self and others. Being able to give praise that will encourage others to accept new projects is also an important aspect. Praising someone for something that is not important to another is not really praise to them.

To be an effective leader, one must validate the other's perspective, examine their own attitude, listen to the other person in entirety, and ask what the other person would do, not try to figure it out on your own. The leader who recognizes another person for something that means nothing to them is not showing empathy. They need to understand what means a lot to that person and recognize them for that trait.




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