According to the World Economic Forum, Emotional Intelligence is one of the top 10 most in-demand skills and will continue to be so through at least 2025. From recognizing and understanding our own emotions to managing relationships with others, Emotional Intelligence is a crucial skill set for success in today's fast-paced world. With overwhelming stimulation and pressure to achieve, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives and neglect our emotional well-being.
THE 4 PILLARS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Forbes defines emotional intelligence (EI) as "the skills and abilities that help you identify, understand, and manage your own emotions, and identify and empathize with the emotions of others." To better visualize this concept, let's take a closer look at the above image. Emotional intelligence includes four interconnected and mutually reinforcing pillars.
1. Self-awareness
Self-awareness is at the core of everything. It describes your ability to not only understand your strengths and weaknesses but to recognize your emotions and the effect they have on you and your team’s performance. It involves being in tune with one's own emotions, strengths, and limitations.
2. Self-management
Self-management refers to the ability to manage our emotions, control our impulses and adapt to changing situations. It involves self-care, self-control, self-motivation, and the ability to regulate one's own behavior.
3. Social awareness
Social awareness describes your ability to recognize others’ emotions and the dynamics in play within your organization. This involves being empathetic, reading body language, and understanding social cues.
4. Social management
Relationship management involves using our emotional intelligence skills to build and maintain positive relationships with others. This includes communicating effectively, resolving conflicts, and collaborating with others.
Where do you start? It starts with you. Since Emotional Intelligence is a skill, it can be learned with patience and practice. By observing and learning from your difficult emotions and uncomfortable feelings, you can become more emotionally aware and prevent yourself from becoming overwhelmed.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: A KEY TO SUCCESS
After 3 years of being a certified trainer and coach, our CEO- Ms Denise Truong has realized that the key element to leading change is Emotional Intelligence.
The below benefits of Emotional Intelligence will show you how important it is in today’s life:
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Improve your overall well-being
Emotional Intelligence promotes healthy emotional regulation and behavior, lowering the risk of burnout, increasing resilience, and improving overall well-being, through consistent self-care routines.
When you are aware of yourself deeply, you can decode other emotions, thereby EI helps you enhance empathy and understanding, make decisions wisely, and know how to best interact with other people.
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Effective leadership
For leaders and managers, EQ can be essential for understanding and communicating with co-workers, motivating employees and teammates, and ensuring co-workers and employees are engaged and interested in the work.
So how to cultivate your Emotional Intelligence?
TYDE has a solution for you that is the scientifically-validated model to master your emotional intelligence skill - Process Communication Model (PCM). We combine it with active learning best practices, such as role play; the scientifically-validated PCM Questionnaire; interactive experience sharing; games and simulations; practical exercises; experiential learning; group coaching. To help you better consider, discover more about participants’ experience with our training!
Whether you are a leader or a team member, developing your Emotional Intelligence can help you build stronger relationships, and achieve your personal and professional goals. So, take the time to invest in your emotional intelligence, and unlock your full potential in both your personal and professional life. Contact TYDE for your unique program and we’ll be happy to support you!