Emotional intelligence in leadership: A path to success

In the ever-evolving leadership landscape, emotional intelligence has emerged as a critical trait distinguishing exceptional leaders. Beyond traditional leadership skills, the ability to understand and manage one’s emotions, as well as effectively navigate the feelings of others, plays a pivotal role in creating a positive and productive work environment. This article explores why leaders need to develop their emotional intelligence, focusing on empathy, active listening and understanding emotions in effective leadership.

It's time you hopped offer the treadmill

You keep doing more and earning more. Yet, you’re not any happier than before.

Ever wonder why? It’s because you’re on the hedonic treadmill.

The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, refers to our tendency to return to a relatively stable level of happiness or satisfaction after experiencing positive or negative events or changes in our lives.

In other words, it's the concept that our happiness levels tend to revert to a baseline despite significant life events or changes.

Why Emotional Intelligence Matters

Oftentimes, the biggest obstacle for a new leader has little to do with how well she knows the job or whether she possesses the right technical skills. In fact, most leadership experts identify poor interpersonal qualities and practices as the main reason that so many new leaders stumble out of the gate. They suggest that such relational transgressions as not communicating often, not being available for people on a consistent basis, and being unpredictable emotionally are primary contributors to new leaders failing to gain traction.

These and other negative interpersonal behaviors may mean that a person is weak in the area of Emotional intelligence (EI.) EI refers to a person’s ability to understand and manage his/her personal emotions and interpersonal conduct, as well as those of the people around him/her. People who rank high in EI are in tune with their feelings and emotions and can accurately predict how they might affect other people.

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