Martine CHAILLET (TBS 1991) - Emotional Intelligence: the end of 3 myths - myth #2

15 April 2021 Careers

There are a lot of myths around Emotional Intelligence! Last time, we have explored the first one: At work, we have to leave emotions at the entrance of the company. Let’s explore the second one!

Myth #2: Being emotionally intelligent only means being kind, and sensitive to the needs of others. This doesn’t generate performance!

Being kind and respectful, sensitive to the needs of others, seeing setbacks as opportunities is part of emotional intelligence (EI). But EI is far more complex!

EI is a combination of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. These include areas as empathy, positive outlook, and self-control.

But they also include crucial abilities such as achievement, influence, conflict management, teamwork and inspirational leadership. These skills also require engagement with emotions.

As a conclusion

Emotional intelligence is a combination of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. It is important to be aware of your strengths, your resources and your weaknesses. You can strengthen your EI in order to excel as leaders (and in your personal life as well).

Article written by Martine Chaillet, Professional Coach and member of our Mutual Support Services

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