Question

Apply your knowledge of emotional intelligence by discussing the following questions:

• Define the four components of emotional intelligence and evaluate how each component is related to leadership effectiveness.
• Consider an effective manager or leader that you have worked with or a time when you may have managed an organization. Discuss how emotional intelligence helped your manager or you as the manager relate more effectively to employees.

Answer 1

Four components of emotional intelligence

• self awareness
• self management
• social awareness
• relationship management

Self awareness:

This is very helpful to know how aware you are and how can you will deal with your emotions. This will make us to think about how we are responding and how we come across. To grow in your self awareness consider building time for reflection into your day.  

SELF AWARENESS RELATED TO LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS:

Over the years, I have observe leaders who have demonstrated self awareness and leaders who have demonstrated their lack of self awareness. When I think of self aware leaders, I am reminded of experiences when the leader may known what was needed to accomplish a task.

Self Management:

Self Management is your ability to control emotions. It includes transparency, adaptability and achievement. A Key factor is whether you react or respond to situations.  

SELF MANAGEMENT RELATED TO LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS:

Demonstrating self control and ability to manage time and priorities. Self Management is the ability to prioritize goals, decide what must be done and be accountable to complete the necessary actions.

Social Awareness:

It knows your organisational awareness, focus on service and level of empathy compose your social awareness. Improve your organisational awareness by find tuning your radar for the emotional climate in groups ad recognizing power dynamics.

SOCIAL AWARENESS RELATED TO LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS:

Social awareness is an essential leadership skill and critical to building healthy relationship in the work place. This helps to become more socially aware, which makes excellent conflict managers capable of handling difficult people and tense situations with tact and diplomacy.  

Relationship Management:

Developing others, serving as on inspiring leader and catalyst for change, collaborating with a high performing team, and managing conflict are part of relationship management.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT RELATED TO LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS:

It is important to value people for who they are. Ask questions, really listen and develop a mutual commitments. In building relationship and creating communities, good leaders are better able to acclimate to changes and work with more diverse teams.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE HELPS TO RELATE MORE EFFECTIVELY TO EMPLOYEES:

• It helps us to express ourselves openly and respectfully without fear of offending coworkers.
• Flexibility is present.
• Active listening in meeting is the norm.
• Freedom of creativity is celebrated and consistent.