Emotional Intelligence | Origin: LS105R
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Your Leadership Toolkit --> Emotional Intelligence
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Leading like a true leader means understanding no only you own emotions but also those of your team. Empathy, active listening, and self-awareness build trust and inspire collaboration.
Emotional intelligence is about how we perceive others and understand their situation. We need to open ourselves to other's situations and perspectives to have true empathy,
People with a strong ability to self-regulate can motivate themselves and others around them. To show empathy listen wth your eyes, ears and heart.
Taking the time to switch the focus from talking to listening is a huge part of emotional intelligence. It takes practice, but it yields great results and genuine dedication.
I learned more about emotional intelligence and how understanding and managing your emotions can build trust and stronger teams.
Emotional intelligence is critical for leaders, especially in successfully overseeing people. The need to be self-aware and understand your own emotions to manage reactions while making informed decisions is a key component of emotional intelligence. Additionally, self-regulating impulses and managing stress also help emotionally intelligent leaders to be empathic and navigate challenging interpersonal relationships.
Emotional intelligence is a necessary characteristic for a leader. Without having emotional intelligence, empathy, or self-awareness, you cannot lead others efficiently.
Having self awareness and self regulation can really help build trust as a leader within your team. This made sense to me immediately but I never thought about it and put it together as to how it builds trust and how important that is within a team.
Great leaders excel not just in strategy but in emotional intelligence (EI). By mastering self-awareness, empathy, and communication, they inspire teams, navigate challenges, and foster a positive work culture. EI isn’t a bonus—it’s essential.
I believe self-regulation is such an important and essential tool to use to lead by example. If others can see an example from me of this, it may inspire others to learn self-regulation as well. As I did this lesson it reminded me of influential leaders I have had and their example that influenced me.
Self-awareness is a critical component of any leader's toolkit. Before we can lead others confidently and completely, we must successfully lead ourselves first.
Self-regulating one's emotions is one of the most important qualities of a leader
EI is critically important in being able to effectively lead an organization.
This can make or break a leader. There are some very important aspects of leadership that are found in EQ and starting with self - is one of the most important!
Understanding the emotional make up of others, listening more with an open mind, will help to better motivate people
Looking at my results on an EQ assessment I am very good at intuition and reading others and not so good with taking care of myself.
Everyone benefit from great leadership qualities. Implimenting the leadership skills is what I truly have to embrace and apply quickly
This course is interesting because I took it after taking the EQ-I ( Emotional Quotient Inventory) assessment which showed that my assertiveness and empathy were above average but the independence aspects were drastically lower (which can impact authenticity). However, this course connects the two more rather than seeing them individually.
My experience has taught me that effective leadership requires an authentic situational leadership style and strong emotional intelligence. A leader's ability to connect with employees on an emotional level can significantly impact their engagement and productivity. Prioritizing emotional intelligence in leadership style can help build and maintain strong employee relationships, contributing positively to the overall success of the organization.
