Emotional Intelligence at Work: Why is it Important?

This is not an academic video, where I describe study after study and cite all the research papers. But I will tell you why Emotional Intelligence is important at work and give you an indication of the range of positive benefits of emotional intelligence at work that researchers have identified. Get our Kindle-exclusive companion to this course: Emotional Intelligence: A Management Courses Introduction https://geni.us/FsuCDrK Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎 See below for details Overview of Emotional Intelligence This video is part of course module number 1.4.1 Program 1: Managing Yourself Course 4: Emotional Intelligence Section 1: Overview of Emotional Intelligence Other videos in this section include: 🎬 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence    • What is Emotional Intelligence? An Introdu...   🎬 Howard Gardner: Emotional Intelligence in the Multiple Intelligences Model    • Howard Gardner: Emotional Intelligence in ...   🎬 Reuven Bar-On: Emotional Quotient (EQ) in Emotional Intelligence    • Emotional Quotient (EQ): The Reuven Bar-On...   🎬 The Daniel Goleman Model of Emotional Intelligence    • The Daniel Goleman Model of Emotional Inte...   🎬 The Salovey & Mayer Model of Emotional Intelligence    • The Salovey & Mayer Model of Four Emotiona...   🎬 Critical Assessment of Emotional Intelligence: The Cases For and Against    • Critical Assessment of Emotional Intellige...   = = LESSON NOTES Correlation does not imply causation Key Benefits Improved Relationships Workplace Performance Negotiating Skills Leadership Efficacy Mental health and general well-being As with all psychology and social science, rigorous controlled and repeatable experimentation is hard to conduct. And demonstrating causation is harder still. However, it seems likely that there will be benefits but, even if there are few or none, there are unlikely to be any downsides. = = RECOMMENDED EXERCISE 1. Which of these benefits is likely to have the greatest impact on you? (1 MC CPD Points) 2. What other benefits might you expect, for yourself? (2 MC CPD Points) = = DOWNLOADS Free Resources 🧰 CPD Tools - https://gum.co/MC-CPD Paid resources 🧳 Management Courses Onboarding Kit - https://gum.co/MC-ObK ($3) = = RECOMMENDED READING 📖 Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ https://geni.us/KxAZAZ8 📖 Working with Emotional Intelligence https://geni.us/R024Ax 📖 The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership https://geni.us/5ziIw 📖 Emotional Intelligence: Build Strong Social Skills and Improve Your Relationships https://geni.us/Xn6BpoK 📖 Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook: Little Exercises for an Intuitive Life https://geni.us/Ne8Wz 📖 EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence https://geni.us/XoqvY ⭕️ Links to our book recommendations are affiliated through Amazon and help support our free videos Managers Need a Basic set of kit to do your job well. Here are my top recommendations: https://kit.co/MikeClayton/manager-s-... (the links are affiliated) = = MANAGEMENT COURSES CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) POINTS You can record your Management Courses CPD points on our free, downloadable CPD record log. 📓 Download it at: https://gum.co/MC-CPD Each video has two levels of MC CPD points. For this video: If you simply watched the video, record 2 MC CPD points If you also carried out all of the recommended exercises, score a total of 5 MC CPD points = = CHAPTER MARKERS 00:00 - Why Emotional Intelligence is important at work 00:38 - Correlation is not evidence of causation 02:13 - Improved Relationships 02:50 - Workplace Performance 03:20 - Negotiation Skills 04:05 - Leadership Effectiveness 05:34 - Mental health and General wellbeing 06:30 - General life satisfaction 07:01 - Overall conclusion #ManagementCourses #Emotional Intelligence #EmotionalIntelligenceAtWork