7 Ways to Maximize Your Emotional Intelligence
At our multicultural summer camp outside of Chicago, Illinois, we focus on individual empowerment and development of leadership skills to help with emotional intelligence. Psychologist Daniel Goleman (see his web site for more) emphasizes some critical pieces regarding emotional intelligence that help one maximize leadership capabilities.
TO INCREASE SELF-AWARENESS, you should:
Maximize realistic self-confidence by understanding your own strengths and limitations so that you operate from competence and know when to rely on someone else on the team.
Develop emotional insight by understanding the origins of your feelings
FOR SELF-MANAGEMENT, you should:
Maximize resilience by focusing on staying calm under pressure and recovering quickly from upsets; instead of blowing up at people, you can let them know what’s wrong and what the solution is.
TO DEVELOP EMPATHY, you should:
Maximize cognitive and emotional empathy by seeking and understanding other perspectives so you can put things in ways colleagues comprehend.
Focus on good listening skills by paying full attention to the other person and taking time to understand what they are saying, without talking over them or hijacking the agenda.
TO INCREASE RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, you should:
Maximize your communication skills by putting your points in persuasive, clear ways so that people are motivated as well as clear about expectations.
If you have fun and are a team player, people will feel relaxed working with you and laugh easily around you.