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.

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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.


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📖 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


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= = 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


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