During current turbulent times, changes are rapid, and while we live in a VUCA world, it has become essential to manage our expectations, anxiety, and fear. Hence, developing our emotional intelligence is not a luxury. However, it's a journey and an enjoyable one indeed.
Emotional Intelligence Check-List1
| Self-Awareness |
Self-Regulation |
Emotional awareness
- Can separate their emotions from their thoughts
- Understand what links their feelings to their behaviors
- Realize the impact of their emotions on their performance
- Use their values and goals as a guiding compass in decisions and actions
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Self-control
- Control their impulsive feelings and upsetting emotions effectively
- Remain calm and upbeat even in tough situations
- Think clearly and maintain focus under pressure
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Accurate self-assessment
- Aware of their strengths and weaknesses
- Reflect on their experiences to learn from them
- Adopt an open mindset to learn from constructive feedback
- Able to laugh at themselves and take things easily
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Trustworthiness
- Build trust through your dependability and genuineness
- Admit your mistakes and question others' unethical behavior
- Take difficult moral stands, even if they're unpopular
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Self-confidence
- Project self-confidence; show presence
- Support what's right and voice opinions that aren't favorable to all
- Makes well-thought-sound decisions despite uncertainties and pressures
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Adaptability
- Handle various demands, fluctuating priorities, and quick change with ease
- Modify their responses and strategies to match changing conditions
- Have a flexible perspective on events
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Innovativeness
- Look for innovative ideas from a range of sources
- Consider novel approaches to challenges
- Adopt novel viewpoints and take chances with their ideas
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Conscientiousness
- Meet commitments and honor agreements
- Hold oneself accountable for achieving goals
- Perform their tasks methodically and carefully
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| Self-Motivation |
Effective Relationships |
Achievement drive
- Set ambitious goals and take cautious risks
- Look for information to reduce uncertainty and identify methods to improve
- Are results-oriented and highly motivated to accomplish their goals and standards
- Discover ways to enhance performance
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Influence
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Commitment
- Be willing to make individual or collective sacrifices to achieve a more significant organizational aim
- Make decisions and choices based on the group's basic beliefs.
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Communication
- Pay close attention, try to understand one another, and welcome complete information sharing.
- Encourage open communication and be responsive to both good and unpleasant news.
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Initiative
- Are prepared to take advantage of possibilities
- Strive to achieve goals that go above and beyond what is expected or needed of them
- Cut through bureaucracy and break regulations when necessary to complete tasks
- Motivate others through creative, innovative actions
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Leadership
- Step forward to lead, regardless of rank,
- Direct others' performance while holding them accountable.
- Share a common vision and mission.
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Optimism
- Maintain focus on your goals in the face of challenges and failures
- Act with optimism rather than fear
- Attribute setbacks to events you can control rather than a deficiency in yourself.
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Collaboration and cooperation
- Working with others toward shared goals
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Change catalyst
- Challenge the status quo to recognize the need for change
- Champion the change.
- Model the change. Recognize the need for change and remove obstacles.
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Conflict management
- Recognize potential conflict, bring issues to light, and assist in de-escalation
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Team Capabilities
- Creating group synergy in pursuing collective goals
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More Resources & References
Here are some useful resources for emotional intelligence to back you up on your discovery journey.2
・Emotional Intelligence 2.0
A great place to start your journey
・How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
Read this brief article to learn how to identify your own emotions and get feedback to identify your blind spots.
・Rising Strong
Brene Brown, the author of this book, has a way of breaking things down to be understandable. The book helps when approaching emotional barriers and fear-based reactions in relationships.
・Working with Emotional Intelligence
Goleman demonstrates an astounding truth, drawing on studies in more than 500 businesses and unmatched access to corporate executives worldwide: Emotional intelligence matters twice as much as IQ or technical proficiency in determining star achievement in every sector.
・5 Tips to Build an Empathic Leader
This article provides tips for becoming an empathic leader.
・Empathy: The Essential Ingredient in the Workplace
Understanding empathy and how it can help your organization stay healthy and motivated.
・High-Performance Management Under Stress
Understanding stress and how to keep our performance high even under stress.
・Self-Awareness Dimensions
What we need to know about ourselves.
・Self-Awareness: How we know about ourselves
Learn about ourselves from the two types of self-awareness
Websites
www.eiconsortium.org
https://www.danielgoleman.info/
1 Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence
2World Wide Technology, 7 Sept 2021, Randi Still, Sometimes You Are Your Biggest EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Challenge, Accessed 16 Jan 2023, https://www.wwt.com/article/sometimes-you-are-your-biggest-Emotional Intelligence-challenge
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