According to Essex (2018), emotional intelligence is “The ability to monitor one’s own and other people’s emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior”
There are many other definitions on emotional intelligence, but all can be summarized as below,
• Recognize, understand and manage our own emotions
• Recognize, understand and influence the emotions of others
The History and Linkage with Social Intelligence
The history of emotional intelligence has a linkage between social intelligence where the concept could trace back for more than 100 years. American psychologist and adult learning researcher Edward Thorndike first discussed about this social intelligence in 1920. As per Thorndik (1920) the social intelligence is nothing but acting wisely in human relations. The concept of social intelligence started to gain its fame in 1980s as many academic papers, business journals and discussion forums appeared widely on same. Psychologist Howard Gardner’s 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences differentiated intelligence into specific ‘modalities’, rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability. He identified eight modalities.
The term emotional intelligence or widely using as EI or EQ came from the two researchers Peter Salavoy and John Mayer who published their paper in 1990. But it was the publication of psychologist, author and science journalist Daniel Goleman’s 1995 book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ, that brought EQ to full prominence.
Daniel Goleman, The pioneer in this field stated that successful managers and leaders enjoys a high percentage of emotional intelligence contributes 80 to 90% of the competencies that make them outstanding leaders from average leader
According to Daniel Goleman , there are five components or elements of emotional intelligence:
• Self-Awareness
• Self-Regulation
• Motivation
• Empathy
• Social Skills
• Self-awareness is the ability to recognize and understand our own personal moods and emotions as well as their effect on others. Self-awareness includes self-confidence, realistic self-assessment, and a self-deprecating sense of humor.
• Self-regulation:
Controlling or redirecting one’s emotions; anticipating consequences before acting on impulse. This includes trustworthiness and integrity; comfort with ambiguity; and openness to change.
• Internal motivation: Utilizing emotional factors to achieve goals, enjoy the learning process and persevere in the face of obstacles. This includes a strong drive to achieve, optimism even in the face of failure, and organizational commitment.
• Empathy: Is the ability to understand the emotional makeup of other people, a skill in treating people according to their emotional reactions.
• Social skills: Managing relationships, inspiring others and inducing desired responses from them. Social skills include effectiveness in leading change, persuasiveness, and expertise building and leading teams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7m9eNoB3NUv=Y7m9eNoB3NU
Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence
References
Essex, S.(2019) A Brief History of Social Intelligence [On line]
Available at: https://tracom.com/blog/brief-history-social-intelligence
Accessed: 18th November 2019
Thorndike, E. (1920) A Constant Error in Psychological Ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 4, 25-29.
Gardner, H.(1983) Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, New Yoke Basic Books 1983.
Goleman, D.(1995) Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ, Bantam Books, New Yoke 1995.
Salovey, P. and Mayer, J. D. (1990) ‘Emotional Intelligence’, Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 9(3), pp. 185–211. Sage journals
Medium.Com, Emotional Intelligence Sermon, Edwin Kimaita (2019) [Online]
Available at: https://medium.com/@edwinkimaita78/emotional-intelligence-sermon-139f5ba7a5ec
Accessed: 18th November 2019
Global Leadership Foundation, Emotional Intelligence (2019) [Online]
Available at: https://globalleadershipfoundation.com/deepening-understanding/emotional-intelligence/
Accessed: 18th November 2019
Video, Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence, (2019) [Online]
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7m9eNoB3NU
Accessed: 18th November 2019
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