How To Measure Your Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman Emotional intelligence – how we manage ourselves and our relationships – marks high-performers and leaders in organizations around the world. This set of human skills matter enormously, in many ways. For instance, in making the crucial connections we depend on to work well, all of the components of emotional intelligence come into play: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Ask yourself how you do on these: Emotional Insight and Self-Awareness. Do you know what makes you angry, what triggers sadness? Developing such insight can be a lifelong process, but this simple exercise can build your self-awareness muscles. Set a timer for several times during the day. When the timer goes off, tune in for a few moments to notice what you are feeling and your first guess at what triggered that feeling. It might be frustration with a colleague’s performance, excitement about a new project, or sadness about something going on at hom...