Why Emotional and Social Intelligence is all about and why is it important for a leader in business to possess these traits. Dr. Daniel Goleman 

 

Emotional intelligence or EI is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. People with a high degree of emotional intelligence know what they're feeling, what their emotions mean, and how these emotions can affect other people. According to Daniel Goleman ,there are five key elements to it:

1. Self-awareness.
2. Self-regulation.
3. Motivation.
4. Empathy.
5. Social skills.

While Social intelligence is the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. In my model of EI, there are four domains: self-awareness, emotional self-management, empathy and social awareness, and social skills - or managing relationships. And the second two of the those, the empathy and social skill components, are what make up social intelligence."

Emotional and Social Intelligence is important for a leader in business to possess these traits because to be effective, leaders must have a solid understanding of how their emotions and actions affect the people around them. The better a leader relates to and works with others, the more successful he or she will be. They should take the time to work on self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Working on these areas will help them excel.

Daniel Goleman also quoted " The internal state of the leader affects the internal state of the people and therefore, their ability to perform. That has profound implications for leadership". So the bottom line is "leaders have to take more responsibility for the impact they have on the people that they lead and the people around them. And every coworker does as well."